The series shifted back to Ayr on a chilly Sunday night where Mitchell was once again
given the assignment of silencing the Burgessville bats. A fortunate hop for the visitors
in the first inning led to a pair of runs then a homer by Mike Maris staked the Bulls to
an early 4-0 lead. The redshirts had some new confidence after the last win though
and started to work on a comeback. Mitchell tripled in the home half and came home
on a hard grounder from Oberle that was mishandled. Burgessville threatened for
more in the second but the Vics caught a runner off third on a groundout and pegged
him at home to help hold the score steady. In the bottom of two Clement walked then
Koebel doubled to set up a two run single from Sherk which closed the gap to a single
run. The score held until the bottom of four when Mitchell cleared the bases of Koebel,
Sherk and Beenackers by belting a hard double to center field. That gave Ayr their
first lead at 6-4. Mitchell was cruising along in the circle as he appeared to get into a
good groove, not allowing much of a threat. The Bulls brought Steinhoff in to pitch the
6th and he was promptly greeted by Steve Ferguson who belted a ball over the right
field wall to make the lead 7-4. The Bulls would not roll over as they came out hard in
the 6th inning. A lineout to short almost produced an inning ending double play but
the throw hit the runner and allowed a run to score. Another error plated a second run
and closed the gap to 7-6. In the bottom half Mitchell tried to stretch a double into a
triple but was pegged at third to start the frame. Oberle then singled and was replaced
on the bases by veteran Graham Scott. The long time Vics chugged home on a
double by Clement to up the lead to 8-6. Ayr then handed the ball over to Oberle who
closed out the game with a clean inning. The win pushed the series to a deciding 5th
game which was played on Monday in Burgessville.