Jeremiah Bayer's win kept the Trinity (Conn) win streak intact.
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Trinity (Conn) used a four run fourth to pressure Linfield and Jeremiah Bayer kept the Wildcats off balance as Trinity moved one game closer to the national championship game. They will need to defeat Johns Hopkins to get a rest day on Monday and a spot in the national championship game. Linfield will meet Adrian in an elimination game.
The scoring started in the Trinity first. Jack Abbott reached on a fielding error by Shannon Chung. Ryan Piacentini then singled to left center. Sean Killeen the reached on a fielder's choice, scoring Abbott. Kent Graham followed with a home run to score Killeen. After a walk to Thomas DiBenedetto, Chandler Barnard singled to right field to score DiBenedetto.
Linfield cut the lead in half in the fourth. Drew Van Cleave bunted to third base and moved to second on Rhett Fenton infield single. After a walk to load the bases, Cory Ellis reached on a fielding error by Graham, scoring Fenton and Van Cleave.
The Bantans would get the runs back in the seventh. Matt Sullivan walked and was followed on base then Tim Bourdon hit by pitch. Evan Hilberg would replace Brian clark, the Linfield starter and allow a two-run single to Ryan Piacentini.
Rhett Fenton's three-run home run in the eighth, following two walks would cut the lead to a single run but the Wildcats would not be able to catch the streaking Bantams.