Howell Field, Dayton Ohio.

As the sun sets on the 2017 MVABL season the Wild Boars return to Howell field needing a pair of wins in hopes of moving up in the playoff standings. The Boars need to win out to move up in the standings.

In the way were the Expos and as in every week of the season the Expos came to play but even more so on this Sunday. The Boars sent P.J. Dobbins to the hill in hopes of getting a much needed win.

The Expos wasted little time in jumping out to a 3 to 0 lead after 2 innings of play, while the Boars bats remained quiet but threatening with bases loaded at one point but turned away with nothing, after an ill timed pop ups, or strikeouts.

In the 5th inning catcher Dan Nordin led off with the top of the order following, and alive the Boars bats came with a 7 run scoring rally. Which saw Nordin, K.J. Jimison, P.J. Dobbins, Meade Tabata, Zach Carroll, Doug Adkins and Billy Sweatt all make it home after Hits, walks and RBI's. Boars took the lead 7 to 3.

In the 6th inning the Boars added another 5 Runs from K.J. Jimison and the top of the order as the Boars lead off spots stayed hot.

A few fielding miscues allowed the Expos to close to within 5 at 12 to 7 But a perfect throw from Boars center fielder Doug Adkins to catcher Dan Nordin gunned down Expos runner Dakota Reumann and stopped him in his tracks, and as he tried to return to 3rd Nordin ran him down, and applied the tag to end the threat.

The Boars added a single run in the 7th to pad the lead to 13 to 7 and Dobbins took to the mound in the bottom of the 7th. Pitching on shear determination the Expos batters fell into his plan.  P J got the first Expo batter to ground out back to him and he delivered the ball to 1st baseman Joe Cantrell for the 1st out.

The 2nd out went to 2nd baseman Grant Mink, Grant flipped the ball to Cantrell for out number 2. The 3rd out was suppose to come in the form of a sharp hit ground ball to 3rd baseman Zach Carroll, Zach speared the ball hit by Expos leader Chris Campbell, but his momentum carried him into foul territory and the throw was off the mark and high over the head of the  1st baseman. Campbell then went to 2nd base. The last out came in the form of a pop fly to right field. Right fielder Billy Sweatt ranged to his right on a dead sprint and hauled it in for the final out and the giving the Boars the win for game 1.

Dobbins secured the Boars Offensive player of the game with 7 innings pitched, 3 ER, 3 BB, and 6 K's.

Doug Adkins went 3 for 3, 2 R, 2 RBI'S and 1 BB.                             Meade Tabata went 3 for 3, 2 R, 3 RBI's, and 1 BB.                                K.J. Jimison went 3 for 4, 3 R, 1 RBI                                                                       All shared the Boars Offensive player of the game.

In the late game Zach Carroll, took the mound knowing he needed to duplicate the game P.J. had just thrown and he did not disappoint. 

After allowing 1 run to cross the plate in the 1st, The Boars hitters staked their veteran right handed pitcher to a 3 to 1 lead, after Tabata, Carroll and Chris Musick crossed the plate. 

In the Boars bottom of the 2nd, after holding the Expos to zero, Joe Cantrell, drew a 5 pitch walk and Coty Hahn grounded into a double play and the Expos were poised to get out of the inning without giving up anything. P.J. Dobbins hit a ball hard and in the rush to get the ever speedy Dobbins, the throw arrived late and high and sailed to the fence and the still very fast Dobbins wound up on the 3rd without looking back. Dobbins scored and the Boars now up 4 to 1 had given their pitcher all the runs he would need.

The 3rd inning came and went without either team scoring again when the  Expos pulled to within 1 by pushing 2 runs across in the 4th. The Boars came to bat in the bottom of the 4th. Grant Mink led off with a single and Dan Nordin drew a walk, a wild pitch sent them to 3rd and 2nd. Joe Cantrell went 3-0 and Expos pitcher threw a solid strike 1 pitch down the heart of the plate. When he delivered the same exact pitch in the middle of the plate Cantrell sent it to left field on a solid rope. Scoring Mink and Nordin, Cantrell wound up on 3rd after a couple wild pitches, and Coty Hahn drew a walk and stole 2nd base. Rob Johnson sent a shot to the outfield and the Boars were off again, Cantrell, Hahn, Johnson, Dobbins and Tabata  all scored again in the 7 run rally to put the Boars up 11 - 3.

In the 5th inning Dan Nordin led off and got on first, and on the 2nd pitch broke for 2nd Joe Cantrell put down the perfect bunt and ran to 1st just beating out the throw but allowing Nordin to advance to 3rd, Both Nordin and Cantrell scored putting the Boars up 13 - 3.

Carroll was rolling through the Expos line up. But the Expos threatened in the 6th with 2 outs when catcher Dakota Reumann attempted to come home on a ball that just got away from Meade Tabata who flipped to Carroll at home who applied the tag in the collision at the plate for the 3rd out. 

 Both coaches agreed to lift Carroll as to avoid injury.  Coty Hahn was sent out in the 7th to  finish the the game. Hahn struck out Matt Clagg for the 1st out. The 2nd out went to Grant Mink at 2nd base who went to 1st for the 2nd out. And unlike game 1 a pop-up hit to P.J.  Dobbins fittingly ended the game.

Zach Carroll picks up the Boars Defensive player of the game with 6 IP, 4 BB, 2 K's 

Meade Tabata went 1for 2, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 RBI                                                    Joe Cantrell went 2 for 2, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 RBI's                                                   Shared Boars Offensive player's of the game.

The Boars will return to Action Sports on August 10, Thursday night, against the Royals on Diamond 1 at 7:30pm