5/29/98 Gov. Livingston @Away

A great streak finally came to an end. In Summit's third extra inning game this week, the breaks went against us. Jared Chellevold struggled in the first 3 innings, giving up 2 earned runs, but he got on top of his game for the remainder of regulation 7 innings. For example, during the first three innings 60% of his pitches were balls while in the final 4 innings of regulation only 32% were balls. Gov. Livingston chose to send a left-hander to the mound and that strategy seemed to work as the top part of Summit's batting order, with 3 left-handed batters, was held to only 2 hits. Duane Dates, with 3, and Jon Campagna, with 2, accounted for the 5 other hits. Down 0-2 entering the 5^th inning, Summit rallied for 3 runs to grab the lead. Campagna started the inning with a single and moved to 2^nd on Duane Dates' second hit of the game, a single. They advanced to 2^nd and 3^rd on a balk. Fred Luberto drew a walk to load the bases. With one out, Brendan Reilly singled to score both Campagna and Dates, and move Luberto to 3^rd. With Chellevold at bat Coach Dietz called for a suicide squeeze. Chellevold laid down a perfect bunt to score Luberto and take the lead 3-2. Unfortunately, GL picked up an unearned run in the bottom of the 5^th to tie the game. GL's Lallis singled to start the inning and stole 2^nd. After a strikeout, GL's Giannotti hit a routine ground ball that was booted, putting runners at 1^st and 2^nd. Disaster struck when the routine throw back to the mound went wide of the pitcher and out of play. The two runners were each awarded 2 bases, and the tying run. Chellevold really bore down and struck out the next two batters. In fact, Chellevold retired the next 6 batters in order, striking out 6 of the last nine batters in regulation. Summit threatened in the top of the 8^th when singles by Kyle Bennett and Campagna put a runner in scoring position, but a fielder's choice ended the threat. In the GL 8^th the leadoff batter drew a walk, a bad omen. GL's Hansen sacrificed the runner to 2^nd, one out. The next batter hit a deep fly to center and the runner moved to 3^rd, 2 outs. The number 6 hiiter for GL was given an intentional walk, since only the runner at 3^rd mattered. Another walk loaded the bases and brought up the number 8 hitter, Eric Cantagallo. Unfortunately, for Summit's hopes, he singled to left to end Summit's State Tournament.