For the Love of the Game, it’s time for the Best 2 of 3 Championship series of the D3 World 🌎 Series ! Bulldogs versus Thunder in Salem

Trine(Indiana) versus Redlands (California)

11:00 – first pitch, best 2 of 3…. 64°

Special Olympics Athlete tosses out the first pitch!

3 batters, 3-0 lead.

2023 and 2025 National Championship winners 🏆- Trine University

Middle of 1st [11:18], Thunder 3-0

End of 2 innings ]11:47], still 3-0.

Redlands is back in this thing ! Bottom of the 3rd, two runs in and the bases loaded with one out.

This pitch turned into a bases clearing 3-run triple for the Bulldogs.

Just like that, it’s now 5-3, Bulldogs

Pitching change for the Thunder.

Seven pitches into the game, the Bulldogs were down 3-0.

Back of the Trine coaches shirt reads :

Nobody cares, work harder…

82 minutes in, we have played 3 innings.

Redlands 6, Trine 3

Halftime – (Mid 4th), still 6-3 [12:36]

Bulldogs add one more on a 2-out flair to CF, now 7-3 [12:44]

Very quiet 5th innings, and we head to the sixth at 12:58. Trine is down to six outs.

Trine had a leadoff double in the sixth but couldn’t score. Now, the bottom of the 6th

Redlands runs the bases as aggressive as any team I’ve ever seen live.

As soon as I typed that, the Bulldogs once again turned a single into a double. Run scores, 8-3.

1:15 – aggressive base running leads to a walk-off 2-run single

2 hours, 15 minutes.

Tuesday, June 2nd, is going to be OneofUs.Care International Softball Day ! Why ? Maybe the better question is, why not ??

Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

Psalm 42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Howard Mayo and his Motovational Nugget for the Day :

Now, back to the three levels of Softball on tap

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Travis Osborne is a Big Fan of TT Head Coach, and the clip above will help understand that ! We have quite the Championship series coming at the D1 level !

Alan Knight on the left and his doppelganger on the right, Texas Head Coach, Mike White both have roles in the next couple of days.

But first things first, here in a smidgen, it will be time to head back over to Moyer Sports Complex for the D3 Championship, Trine vs Belhaven

Have a Blessed Day 🙌

After a short break to support both Vickey Ritchie and Casey Burcham, it’s back to Star 🌟 City for the conclusion of our coverage of the D3 College World Series

This journey started with three days of coverage ( Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ), and then we hit pause ⏸️ in order to take care of some folks back on The Hill.

Closing in on 1st Pitch ! Covering Carroll County versus Abingdon baseball ⚾️ at 6 pm…. Cavs fall just short, 4-2 but we made sure the Falcons earned it.

Today’s Good Guy 👦 Tip of the Cap goes to Patrick Smith ! One of our leaders / partners in our Special Olympics Basketball 🏀 family !

Both were fun writes ✍️ and now it’s back to the sport of Softball !

Trine versus Redlands, first pitch slated for 11:00 a.m.

Thank you to the Harris family for the ride from Wytheville to Abingdon and back. It was greatly appreciated !

Closing in on 1st Pitch ! Covering Carroll County versus Abingdon baseball ⚾️ at 6 pm…. Cavs fall just short, 4-2 but we made sure the Falcons earned it.

Win and your In for our Burcham Bunch and the homestanding Falcons.

More 2 follow…

Batting Order :

#7 – Rakes, Chanson (C)

#1 – Goad, Colby

#12 – Reece, Conner (3B)

#8 – Spencer, Peyton (SS)

#4 – DeHaven, Camden

#3 – Reed, Blake (2B)

#13 – Busick, Dalton (1B)

#14 – Quesenberry, Grady

#16 – Wright, Jaden

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5:58 – Middle of 1st, still scoreless

Moment of silence for our Deputy Utt was a classy move by the Falcons

Bottom 1st – Abingdon has two runners in scoring position, but Cavs leave them stranded !!!! End 1st 6:08

6:15 – Middle of 2nd, still scoreless…

Falcons score on a 2-out single, lead 1-0

The second run on a 2-out double. Quick visit to the mound.

6:28 – end of two, trailing 2-0.

6:33 – Middle of the third, Cavs still looking for our first base hit. Busick just missed a leadoff double as the ball went just foul.

Call to the bullpen, now pitching Colby Goad. Falcons have two on with no outs in the bottom of the 3rd.

Softball game just below is still tied 0-0

Quick Hello 👋 to our friend Allen Worrell, who is following along back home 🏡 on The Hill.

Two runs have scored, and Peyton is now on the bump.

Bases loaded, no outs, and down 4-0. The definition of crunch time ⏲️

D1 came in and went KO, KO, KO – keeping the hopes alive !!!

Goad gives us our first base runner on a HBP and then this happened….

Camden, with a 2-out single – Nicholson in to run 🏃‍♂️

Middle of the 4th now (7:06), we trail, but now it’s 4-2.

End of the 4th, still 4-2 at 7:14

Reed leads off the top of the 5th with an infield single but is called out on a bang – bang play at second base. Mid 5th at 7:22 pm, still 4-2

Abingdon strands one in the bottom of the fifth inning (7:28). The Burcham Bunch still has six more outs….

Clay just missed a leadoff home run to left. The outfielder had his back to the fence. Rakes with a single and Gravley in to run for him.

2-out walk brings one of our bash brothers up as the tying run. Can Reece make lightning 🌩 strike twice ?

Reece with a flair to center and now we have runners on second and third. Colton Q to run at second base.

Spencer at the dish ……….fingers crossed

6-3 ground out ends the rally bit Spencer made it a close play at 1st base. [7:39]

7:45 – we head to the top of the 7th inning as there is one last chance for our Cavs!

Leading off – DeHaven….F8

Now batting – Reed…. single to right

Busick – works the count full after 0-2, earns a base on balls.

Our Cavs are batting to the very end !!!

Falcons make their initial pitching change…

#Drama

Grady at the dish with the tying runs on base.

Question on a wild pitch at 0-2, it appeared to his foot. Not called, but both runners advance !!!! A single ties 👔 it

Very tough call on a check swing, VERY tough call. Two outs now

#11 ( Clay) – 3/0 count, game ends on a 1-3 ground out at 8:01.

Things to remember about tonight :

We showed up to support our team !
Our team was prepared by a dedicated coaching staff.
We didn’t give up when we trailed 4-0 and they has the bases loaded with no outs.
We were represented incredibly well by our Burcham Bunch

Ryan McCafferty will have you a full-blown gamer later in The Carroll News, and hopefully, we will have the thoughts from Coach Burcham later.

Today’s Good Guy 👦 Tip of the Cap goes to Patrick Smith ! One of our leaders / partners in our Special Olympics Basketball 🏀 family !

Patrick Smith is just another example of what a OneofUs.Care person looks like, and the energy that he brings to our group is magnetic. Most people have the ability to go the extra mile for their own, but it’s harder to find folks who are willing to do the same for others.

One Team….

Everyone who enters Vickey’s world 🌎 has a roll to play, and Patrick provides the broad shoulders. Watching 👀 him yesterday afternoon was easy on the heart ❤️.

Thank you, Patrick !!