D-Braves Finish Home Season with 8-3 Victory
DANVILLE, Va. - A four-run eighth inning sealed the Danville Braves 8-3 win over the Bluefield Blue Jays on the final home game of the 2018 season Thursday evening.
DANVILLE, Va. - A four-run eighth inning sealed the Danville Braves 8-3 win over the Bluefield Blue Jays on the final home game of the 2018 season Thursday evening.
The D-Braves finished 18-17 at home and improve to 31-31 on the year.
After Bluefield notched a 3-2 lead in the top of the sixth inning, Danville came back with a pair of their own in the bottom half.
With a leadoff single from
Danville overcame a 2-0 deficit in the bottom of the fifth. Shumpert smacked his first of two doubles on the day, driving in a pair.
The Braves bullpen combined for seven innings of relief, allowing one run and three hits and striking out seven Blue Jays.
The D-Braves will finish its season on the road at Princeton on August 24-26 and at Bristol from August 27-29.