The game was back-and-forth from the start with the Knights taking an early 3-1 lead. Craig Steve Maloney (Aston, PA/Sun Valley H.S.) started things off with a single followed by a Josh MacDonald (Newark, DE/Hodgson Vo-Tech) double putting Neumann in good scoring position. From there an error by the Red Devils put James Jordan (Upper Darby, PA/Monsignor Bonner) on first and scored Maloney for the Knights' first run of the day. Ryan Nason (Voorhees, NJ/Paul VI) flied out, but not before MacDonald tagged up and crossed the plate to take the lead. Jordan then capitalized on an error by the Red Devils as a wild pitch gave him the space he needed to put the Knights up 3-1.

 

Dickinson scored two runs in the second inning, and four runs in the third to take the lead, but

Neumann answered right back with 4 runs of there own in the bottom of the third making it a 7-7 ball game. After a scoreless fourth inning the Knights went up 9-8 in the bottom of the fifth after Kevin Ahern (Parkside, PA/Cardinal O'Hara) was walked and doubles by Marc Torriero (West Chester, PA/West Chester East) and David Thompson (Sicklerville, NJ/Paul VI H.S.) set Neumann up to regain the lead.

 

However two runs in the sixth and one in the seventh to gave Dickinson an 11-9 edge. Neumann's Nason answered with a singled in the bottom of the seventh and then stole a pair of bases cutting the deficit to 11-10 before the game was called on account of darkness.