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Boars Split with Redlegs finish regular season with Franchise best season

By Joe Cantrell, 08/20/18, 7:30PM EDT

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Knight gets 3rd win of season

Howell Field, Dayton Ohio.

Travis Knight (unrecognizable) with out the Beard picks up his 3rd win on the season as the Wild Boars, best last years win totals by 2 to finish the regular season at 12 and 13 at just under .500 and in 5th place in the league, both team highs for the Franchise. 

2018 watched the Boars season go up and down and came with both highs and lows. it saw as the Boars were able to put up a 5 game winning streak, and watched as last years team MVP winner of 2nd All MVABL team Catcher Meade Tabata had to leave the team as he was re-posted. 

Thomas Troy and Jimmy Herold were locked in a tightly contested home run battle,  when the new kid on the block Dylan Pletsch joined in and made it a 3 man race for Home Derby honors.

Team Gold Glove winner from 2017 Markus Hall was challenged by Thomas Troy and Dylan Pletsch for the 2018 honors. 

Pletsch led the Pitching staff with 4 wins and Travis Knight stepped up with the magic beard and pulled out 2 saves and 3 wins on the season. The Boars have turned a corner and have  improved as they have played competitive this season and lost a couple close games this year. They hope to continue to improve for the 2019 season. 

The Boars were able to win against the Redlegs in game 1 Sunday, Travis Knight picked up win #3 with a complete game 7 innings with 5 K's. and watched as Brandon Lucas took POG for game 1 going 3 for 3.

Defensive POG went to Jimmy Herold for the catcher.

 

Game 2 saw the Boars make a couple of fielding errors that allowed the Redlegs to continue hitting, and against a good hitting team eventually that is a problem as the Wild Boars fall to the Redlegs 8 to 2.

Offensive POG game 2 Jimmy Herold was 2 for 3 with 1 RS

Defensive POG Dylan Pletsch in Centerfield.

 

These same 2 clubs square off next Saturday at Middletown Madison for round 1 of the MVABL playoffs hope to see you there.

Check back this week as the Wild Boars announce team awards, for the 2018 season starting this week.