Game 3 was a bit of a rollercoaster, as Camden jumped out
to an early lead, blew it, and then rallied to a come
from behind victory thanks to a 4-run 7th inning.
Kevin Campbell got the nod and kept Camden in the game
over the first half of the ball game, and he eclipsed 100
playoff innings in his career in the process. The
Knights got a run on Campbell in the 1st but he squashed
the threat with a couple of strikeouts. The offense then
tied it up immediately. Jacob Robinson walked and later
scored on a sacrifice fly by Joey Watson to tie it up at
1-1.
Campbell then blanked the Knights in the 2nd and 3rd
frames, giving the offense the opportunity to take the
early lead. In the 3rd, the offense did just that.
Jacob Robinson reached on an error before Mike Hartman
singled. Saige Micomonaco then doubled home a run,
followed by another sacrifice fly off the bat of Joey
Watson.
But the Knights finally figured Campbell out in the 4th
inning, they promptly deposited 3 runs to take a slim 4-3
lead. After a double started the Knights 5th, Campbell
gave way to Jesse Jones who had thrown 2 1/3 solid
innings of relief against the Knights just the day
before. Anthony Turner greeted Jones with a home run
which put the Knights up 6-3.
Brandon Howard then started off the bottom of the 6th
inning with a single, followed by a double by Brad
Malott. Back to back sacrifice fly’s by James Robinson
and Jesse Jones brought Camden back to within one run at
6-5.
Jones again blanked the Knights in the top of the 7th,
leading the way to the 4-run rally that would eventually
seal the win for the Redlegs. Matt Morrison started the
inning with a single, followed by a walk to Jacob
Robinson. Mike Hartman then singled home a run and Saige
Micomonaco pitched in with a sacrifice fly to score
Robinson. Joey Watson then singled, setting the stage
for the biggest hit of the post season, a 2-run triple by
Brad Malott to put things out of reach at 9-6.
The Knights chipped away at the lead in the 8th, scoring
once to make it a 2-run game at 9-7. The Knights made
things very stressful for the home team in the 9th. A
leadoff walk brought the tying run to the plate with
nobody out. Jones then buckled down and recorded a
strikeout, and then induced a comebacker that he snared
and was able to turn and get the lead runner at 2nd base
for the 2nd out. After a runner reached on an error to
put the go-ahead runner at the plate, Jones forced a game
ending groundout to 2nd base to seal the trip for Camden
to the semi-finals.
Boxscore
| M Morrison | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J Robinson | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| M Hartman | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| S Micomonaco | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J Watson | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| B Howard | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B Malott | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| J Robinson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C Svarda | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2B: Micomonaco 2; Malott
3B: Malott
| K Campbell | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| J Jones (W) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |