The Redlegs lost a heartbreaker to the Wild Boars on Sunday,
falling 4-3 on a walk off hit by the Boars in the bottom of
the 9th.
Things started off strong for the visiting Redlegs. Jacob
Robinson started the game with a line drive into left center
field. The Boars were able to track it down in the gap and
perform a perfect relay to nail Robinson at 2nd base trying
to stretch the hit into a double. Jesse Jones then reached
on an error, and later scored on a base hit by Mike Hartman.
Hartman would then score on an RBI double by Joey Watson.
The Boars answered in the bottom of the 1st, putting an
unearned run on the board after a Redleg error. It looked
like things might be worse as the Boars put runners on 1st
and 3rd with just one out. The runner on 1st attempted a
steal at 2nd and Redlegs catcher Cody Saraco-Polner fired to
2nd where Jacob Robinson was waiting. The Boars runner on
3rd broke for home, so Robinson cut off the throw and
delivered a strike back to Saraco-Polner who applied a
perfect tag to cut down the runner at the plate. Starter
Jesse Jones then induced an inning ending groundout to
preserve the Redleg lead at 2-1 after the first frame.
The next 5 frames were held scoreless on both sides, as
Jesse Jones continued to keep Boars hitters off balance.
Jones also picked off a Boars baserunner in the 2nd to kill
any potential rally early on. In the 6th the Boars had
runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs when the next batter hit
a sharp ground ball at 2nd base. Lucas Smith was able to
make the stop and make a flip from his stomach to 2nd base
where Robinson was able to barehand it to eliminate the lead
runner. The next batter hit a sharp hopper back at Jones
who was able to knock it down, recover, and team up with
Robinson for a 1-6-3 inning ending double play.
Mike Hartman continued his hot hitting by leading off the
7th with a double, and eventually moved around the bases and
scored on a Boars throwing error to give the Redlegs some
much needed breathing room and a 3-1 lead.
The Boars made use of a seeing eye single and a pair of
walks, combined with a Redlegs error to tie the game in the
bottom of the 8th at 3-3.
The Redlegs threatened in the top of the 9th, putting
runners on 1st and 2nd with nobody out. But the Boars were
able to turn a clutch double play followed by a strikeout to
send Camden away empty handed.
The Boars wasted no time in the bottom of the 9th, as they
were able to get the tying run to 3rd and score without an
out recorded.
Jesse Jones is the victim of yet another tough luck loss and
now stands at a misleading 2-4 on the season. Record aside,
Jesse has an excellent 3.68 ERA and has struck out 43
batters in 44 innings pitched this season.
Boxscore
| J Robinson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Jones | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| K Arend | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Hartman | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| J Watson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| E Jameson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Mattice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C Saraco-Polner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| L Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E Koogler | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2B: Hartman; Watson
| J Jones (L) | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| E Koogler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |