Game two turned out to be much less stressful as the
Redlegs controlled throughout and cruised to a 12-5
victory.
Luke Campbell got the nod and picked a great time to turn
in his best performance of his rookie campaign. Luke
tossed the first 3 1/3 innings and gave up 2 earned runs,
5 hits, and added 2 strikeouts.
The Redlegs got to work in the top of the 1st inning.
Jacob Robinson singled to start the game, followed by a
walk to Nick Davis, and a base hit by Kyle Arend. Back-
to-Back strikeouts followed which put a damper on the
rally, but Brandon Howard was plunked by a pitch to bring
home the game’s first run.
Camden put four more runs on the board in the 2nd
highlighted by a sacrifice fly by Nick Davis, an RBI by
Mike Hartman, and a 2-run single by Joey Watson.
Meanwhile, Luke was cruising. He allowed only two
baserunners through the first 3 frames and one reached on
an error.
The 4th inning saw the Redlegs score 6 more times. Jacob
Robinson singled and stole 2nd to start the inning, Nick
Davis then singled before Kyle Arend brought both runners
home with a triple. Mike Hartman then singled in a run,
followed by a hit by Joey Watson. Brandon Howard was hit
by another pitch to load the bases. Ryan Gross then
doubled home two runs before Zhelun Wang notched his
first RBI as a Redleg with a sacrifice fly.
The Boars finally got to Campbell in the bottom of the
4th highlighted by a leadoff bomb by Dylan Pletsch. A
couple of Redleg miscues led to a Boar rally and three
more runs came around to score. Kevin Campbell was
brought on in relief and was able to get out of the jam
without further damage.
The Redlegs scored their 12th run in the 6th when Kyle
Arend singled and stole 2nd and eventually came around to
score on a sacrifice fly by Joey Watson.
The Boars added one more in the bottom half of the 5th to
make the score 12-5, but that’s when the Redlegs put
things away for good with a 5 run top of the 6th. Ryan
Gross started the rally by belting a one-out double to
straight-away center field. Zhelun Wang then hit a sharp
line drive into left field for his first hit as a Redleg,
followed by an RBI single by Jacob Robinson. After a
flyout for the 2nd out, Kyle Arend singled in a run and
Mike Hartman doubled home two more. Joey Watson finished
off the scoring with an RBI single.
Mother nature decided that was the time to call it quits,
as lightning in the area forced the game to be called.
The final score reverted to the end of the 5th inning,
giving the Redlegs the 12-5 victory.
The Redlegs will next take on the Kettering Royals in the
semi-finals on Saturday 9/15 at Wright State’s Nischwitz
Stadium at 4:00 and 7:00.
Boxscore
| J Robinson | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| N Davis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| K Arend | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| M Hartman | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| J Watson | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| B Howard | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| J Robinson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Gross | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Z Wang | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
2B: Hartman; Gross 2
3B: Arend
| L Campbell | 3.33 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| K Campbell (W) | 1.67 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |