Paints’ Gunnar Boehm fires no-hitter in 2-0 win over Miners
BECKLEY, WV – After losing three games in a row, including the first game of a doubleheader Friday night, the Chillicothe Paints snapped their losing streak in grand fashion in a 2-0 Prospect League win as Gunnar Boehm fired a no-hitter against West Virginia Miners.
Boehm was one batter away from pitching a perfect game as he finished with eight strikeouts and no walks, but he hit the leadoff batter in the seventh inning.
The Paints (26-14) scored a run in the top of the first inning when Santrel Farmer scored on a wild pitch and added a run in the fourth inning when Owen Wilson scored on Cameron Bowen’s groundout.
The Paints finished with four hits. Farmer, Ben Gbur, Tim Orr and Wilson all had hits.
In the first game, the Paints fell 8-4 with only two of the eight runs the Miners (15-23) scored being earned runs.
The Paints scored a run in each of the second and third innings, but the Miners plated a pair of runs in the bottom of the third inning to tie it. Chillicothe took a 4-2 lead in the top of the sixth inning, but the Minors scored six unearned runs in the bottom half of the inning to break it open.
Chillicothe finished with seven hits, led by Farmer, who went 2-for-4 with a double and scored a run. Wilson was 2-for-3 with a run, Tim Orr was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run, and Anthony Steele hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning.
The Paints were scheduled to face the Miners on Sunday at 6:35 p.m. before returning home Monday to take on the Johnstown Mill Rats at 7:05 p.m. VA Memorial Stadium.
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