The two teams then took a break and met up the following day
to play the decisive game 3.
The Redlegs threatened to take an early lead in the top of
the 1st when Jacob Robinson walked and later moved to 3rd on
a two-out double off the bat of Mike Hartman, but a
strikeout would end the threat and leave the runners
stranded.
The Boars then jumped on Redlegs starter Tyler Eaton in the
bottom of the 1st, as they used 4 hits and a Redlegs error
to score 3 runs (1 earned) and take a commanding early lead.
Camden chipped away in the top of the 2nd when Tyler Eaton
worked a leadoff walk, followed by a single by Joey Watson
and then a bunt single by Brad Malott. The Boars were then
able to turn a double play, but a run scored on the play to
cut the deficit to 3-1.
The Redlegs would then turn on the heat in the 3rd and 4th
innings, scoring a total of 8 runs over both frames. In the
3rd, Jesse Jones worked a one-out walk before Kyle Arend
singled to put two runners on. Mike Hartman than hit an RBI
single. Chris Flaherty then recorded a single, and Tyler
Eaton walked. Joey Watson then delivered a 2-run single.
Later, Evan Koogler delivered the innings final RBI with a
sacrifice fly. Jacob Robinson started the 4th inning with a
double and then scored on a fielding error that allowed
Jesse Jones to reach base. Kyle Arend then also reached on
an error that allowed Jesse to score, followed by an RBI
base hit by Mike Hartman.
Eaton, meanwhile, put things on cruise control after the
rocky first inning. He allowed just one run over his next
six innings of work as he allowed his offense to compile
their comfortable lead.
Camden picked up two more insurance runs in the top of the
8th, courtesy of a run scoring double by Tyler Eaton and an
RBI single by Joey Watson.
The Boars were finally able to solve Eaton in the bottom of
the 8th, as the first 3 batters of the inning all recorded
hits which prompted the Redlegs to turn to Jesse Jones, who
had just thrown a complete game the day before. Jesse
extinguished the threat, limiting the damage to three runs.
Camden still maintained a safe 11-6 lead going into the 9th.
The Redlegs were quiet in the top half, quickly going down
in order.
The bottom of the 9th then started with a double and a
single by the Boars to put two on and none out. The next
batter doubled to right center field scoring two runs but
took a wide turn at 2nd base. Redlegs right fielder Eric
Jameson recognized this and fired a perfect throw to 2nd
base, making for an easy out as the runner couldn’t get back
to 2nd in time.
With the lead now 11-8 with one out, the next batter singled
to try and re-ignite the Boars rally. Jessed then induced
another ground ball, and this time the Camden defense was
able to get the force out at 2nd base. Jesse then tossed
another ground ball, this one to short stop Brad Malott who
cleanly fielded and delivered to first base to end the game.
The Redlegs will advance to take on the top seeded South
Dayton Slammers on Saturday, September 10th at Bellbrook
High School at 1:00pm.
Boxscore
| J Robinson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J Jones | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| K Arend | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M Hartman | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| C Flaherty | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T Eaton | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| J Watson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| B Malott | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| E Koogler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M Mattice | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2B: Robinson; Hartman; Eaton
| T Eaton (W) | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| J Jones | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |