Some games are decided by inches, some by feet. The big play in Trinity's 8-5 win was a ball that skipped over the fence by a couple of feet. In the eighth inning, Tony Margve hit a ball to the deepest part of the park and it skipped over the wall keeping Jon Solomon from scoring and depriving Margve of a game tying triple. "If that stays in the park you never know what happens," said Trinity Head Coach Bill Decker. Instead of a tie ball game Johns Hopkins finishes the inning a run down and never catches the Bantams.

With their victory tonight, Trinity will advance to the championship game on Tuesday and wait the winner of the elimination games on Monday. If they win, they will be the first D-III baseball team to finish the season undefeated. Johns Hopkins will play the winner between Adrain and UW-Whitewater in the late game.

"It is just one of those magical years," said Decker about the streak. "It was not one of our goals [to win all our games]. [Our goals] were to get through our conference tournament, get through a regional and try to have an opportunity to win a national championship". "This is what we have been working for all year ever since we came on campus in September," added Sean Killeen.

The game started much like Trinity's win yesterday, with a bang. Three consecutive singles by Jack Abbott, Ryan Piacentini, and Sean Killeen to start the game got Trinity their first run. After a ground out, a James Wood single plated two more Bantams.

Johns Hopkins would get one run back in the second. Todd Emr doubled to right field and scored on Tony Margve's single to center field.

The Bantams would stretch the lead to 5-1 with single runs in the third and fourth innings. Wood's home run in the third would account for one. In the fourth, Chandler Barnard would double and score when Nate Adelman bobbled Tim Bourdon's grounder.

Jon Solomon would singled to center field in the fifth inning and come around on Matt Benchener's double to cut the Bantams' lead to 5-2. Johns Hopkins would put runners on base in the next two inings but would be unable to add to the score. Trinity would add a run in the seventh when Killen would walk and score on Kent Graham's triple to right center.

Johns Hopkins rallied in the eighth for three runs. Brian Youchak walked, and with two outs the Blue jays would string four consecutive hits. Emr singled, then Jonas Fester singled bring in Youchak. Jon Solomon's single to center field would plate Emr. Tony Margve would hit a ground-rule double to the deepest part of the ball park to drive in Fester. Benchener would struck out leaving the go ahead run in scoring position.

Trinity would get some insurance in the bottom of the inning as Bourdon and Abbott would each drive in one run to bring the score to 8-5.

Monday will be a day of rest and a light workout before the Bantams return to Fox Cities Stadium on Tuesday to see if they can bring a walnut and bronze trophy back to Hartford, Conn.