Edgewater Teen Pitches No Hitter in RBI Summer League

A local teen threw a no hitter Tuesday afternoon for the  Rat Bastards team while competing in the league’s 19U summer season at Riva Park against the MD Stars.

Jeremiah Boston, 18, of Edgewater struck out eight and allowed one unearned run in the 4-1 victory for his team, uniquely named The Rat Bastards—an ode to old-time baseball clubs from the 1920s and '30s.

Boston’s no-hitter helped him earn his second RBI Baseball record. The South River grad previously set a record for pitching three consecutive games in 2011 and striking out 14, 14 and 16 in those contests.

“This kid has been with me since he was 12,” said RBI Baseball Director John Pineau, who added that Boston is a “killer” shortstop and “very fast” on the base paths.

"[Boston] was in a real slump for about two months, something was wrong," Pineau said. "All of a sudden [Tuesday night] someone turned on the light and I saw something change in Jeremiah. You could literally see the change. It was as if you walked inside a room and just turned on the light. He really has developed into this incredible player." 

Only two pitchers in RBI Baseball history have thrown more strikeouts than Boston in a game—Stef Porosiewitz pitched a 17-strikeout game in 2010 and Austin Bell threw an 18 strikeout no hitter in 2011.

RBI Baseball, short for Ruth’s Baseball Ideals, is a youth league for those that want to continue playing baseball throughout the summer or after the school year is over. The league continues into “fall ball,” as well.

For some, it’s the only way to keep playing the game if a player doesn’t have other avenues in surrounding counties or if a family can't pay to compete in expensive clubs, Pineau said.

"We're just trying to get these kids the attention they deserve," Pineau said. 

Pineau said the league helps fulfill Babe Ruth’s vision for the game.

“I won’t be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of 6 and 16 wearing a glove and swinging a bat,” as quoted by Babe Ruth, according to the RBI website. 

Do you know Jeremiah Boston? Tell him congrats in the comments!