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…. 64Β°

Special Olympics Athlete tosses out the first pitch!

Play ▢️ Ball !!!!!
Trine with a 2-run bomb πŸ’£
Next pitch – solo shot to left

3 batters, 3-0 lead.

2023 and 2025 National Championship winners πŸ†- 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
3-8-1 & 11-13-2

2 hours, 15 minutes.

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