The Redlegs made it 4 in a row after a come from behind
victory over the Knights as they resumed play on a game
postponed due to rain over a month ago. Camden pulled
out the victory by a final score of 8-7, holding off a
late rally by the Knights in the process.
Way back on June 15th at Carlisle High School, Michael
Cookson took the hill for the Redlegs and kept his club
in the game over 4 innings of work. He suffered through
on and off rain and a few Redleg miscues but walked away
having only given up one earned run and he fanned 7
Knights hitters.
The Redlegs trailed 4-0 and were able to tighten the
contest to 4-3 just before the heavy rain began to fall.
Jesse Jones, Jacob Robinson, and James Robinson all
worked walks to start the bottom of the 3rd. Jones would
then score on a passed ball, making an acrobat slide to
avoid the tag and plate Camden’s first run. Kyle Arend
then hit a sacrifice fly which scored a run and moved
another to 3rd. Brandon Howard then played a little
small ball and was able to score a run with a ground ball
out to the right side of the infield.
Cookson then retired the side in order in the top of the
4th, and then the rains came and washed the game out.
Fast forward to July 20th and the two clubs met up again,
this time at Madison High School, and got things rolling
in the bottom of the 4th. The Redlegs were silenced in
the 4th and 5th innings, as 6 straight hitters were
retired as the score held at 4-3. Then a 5 run 6th
inning propelled the Redlegs to a comfortable lead and
would prove to be enough to eventually win the game. It
started off looking like an uneventful inning as a the
Redlegs had a runner on 1st with two outs. Matt Morrison
then singled to put two runners aboard before Saige
Micomonaco deposited a 3 run bomb into the trees beyond
the fence in right center field. Joey Watson and Jacob
Robinson each then singled to extend the two out rally
and were both driven in by consecutive hits by James
Robinson and Kyle Arend.
Now with an 8-4 lead, the story turned to Redleg veteran
Kevin Campbell as he had taken over on the mound after
the postponement. Campbell turned in another terrific
outing on the way to earning his 3rd win of the season
and he eclipsed 500 career innings pitched in the
process, joining only Shawn Schmitt (Dayton Rangers),
Matt Spradlin (Springfield Indians), and Joe Becker
(Dayton Rangers) as the only 4 pitchers in MVABL history
to accomplish the feat. Campbell’s only blemish on the
afternoon was a solo shot by Jake Postel in the 8th
inning. He did give up a couple of unearned runs in the
9th before giving way to Aaron Carmack. The inning
started with a base runner reaching on an infield single.
The next batter hit a ball into the right center gap and
tried to leg out the double, but Jacob Robinson was able
to pick it off and make the throw to 2nd to erase the
runner. Campbell then recorded a strikeout, but back to
back hits would prompt Camden to bring in the closer.
Carmack entered with two outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd
in the 8-7 ballgame. Camden then elected to walk the
next hitter, Jake Postel, to load the bases. Carmack
then struck out the final batter to earn his 3rd career
save.
Camden now stands at 10-5 and are on tap for an important
matchup against the Kettering Royals on Sunday 7/21. The
Royals are currently in 4th place and sit only one game
behind the 3rd place Redlegs. The game will be at Howell
Field at a 4:00 start time.
Boxscore
| J Robinson | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| J Robinson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| K Arend | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M Hartman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B Howard | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M Mattice | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Gross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Redman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| A Carmack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Morrison | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S Micomonaco | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| J Watson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2B: Howard
HR: Micomonaco
| M Cookson | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| K Campbell (W) | 4.67 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| A Carmack (S) | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |