~by Joseph Beaudet, Scranton Journal intern
Ram baseball fell despite an early lead against the PCM Mustangs on Wednesday, July 8.
Nick Breon got his first start on the mound of the season on Wednesday and gave the Rams 4 2/3 innings. Breon allowed five runs, all of them earned while on the mound. He gave up five hits while walking five batters and striking out ten. Alex Roberts was the next pitcher on the mound for the Rams. Roberts allowed five earned runs in 2/3 of an inning. He gave up six hits while hitting one batter with a pitch and striking out two. Joe Carey closed out the game for the Rams. He held the Mustangs scoreless and hitless in 1 2/3 innings while striking out three batters.
The Rams had another solid game at the plate. They collected ten hits off of seven singles and three doubles while earning three walks, getting hit by one pitch and reaching base on an error twice. Tyler Teeples had another strong game on Wednesday with three singles while Nick Breon added a single and double of his own. Caden Lowmiller carried the Rams scoring with three RBI as Breon added two of his own and Justin Stream tacked one more for good measure.
It was another strong game in the field for the Rams as they committed just two errors all night, both coming in the outfield.
The Rams started strong and scored twice in the bottom of the first inning and jumped to a 2-1 lead after allowing one run to the PCM Mustangs in the top half of the inning. With no scores in the second inning, the Rams added four more in the bottom of the third. One more inning of no scores came in the fourth, which PCM followed with two strong innings of their own by scoring four runs in the top of the fifth inning and five in the top of the sixth inning. That was all she wrote for the Rams as they fell by a score of 10-6.
The Rams will look to get back to winning ways once again as they host the Roland-Story Norsemen on Thursday, July 9.
