Day Two of the Dixie Ozone District 3 Tournament at Motor Mile Park on Saturday saw Blacksburg squeeze by Christiansburg, Pulaski County East eliminate Pulaski County West and Montgomery County outlast Radford.

 
Game #3: Blacksburg 6, Christiansburg 5

Whenever these two teams meet, you know your in a for a good one and once again they didn't disappoint.  Christiansburg would get on the board first in the top of the first when Alex Logwood and Nick Meadows would both single and later score to give Christiansburg the early 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first, Blacksburg would get Ethan Goforth on base and get him to score to make it 2-1.
 
In the top of the second, Logan Forster would double and later score on an RBI double from John Tuck to make it 3-1 Christiansburg.  Jake Verniel would lead off the bottom of the second with a double and Adam Linkous would reach first after being hit by a pitch.  Grayson Shelton would pick up the RBIs to make it all square at 3-3 after two innings.
 
The third would be scoreless, Christiansburg would plate Ashton King in the fourth and Ethan Reid in the top of the fifth to make it 5-3 Christiansburg.  Blacksburg would pick up a run of their own in the bottom of the fifth thanks to Shelton.  5-4 heading to the sixth and final inning.
 
Blacksburg's Adam Linkous would retire Christiansburg 1-2-3 in the top of the sixth with his centerfielder and rightfielder making deep fly ball catches and then a spectacular play by the shortstop keep the margin 5-4.  In the bottom of the sixth,  Goforth would lead off with a double and come around to score to tie the game at 5 all.  Bryce Nicolau would walk and Jacob Nottingham would then single.  An intentional walk to Verniel loaded the bases.  Linkous would deliver the winning hit to score Nicolau and Blacksburg would prevail 6-5.
 
Blacksburg (1-0) advances to Monday night's game at 8:00PM, while Christiansburg (0-1) will play at 6:00PM.  It's probably a safe bet that these two teams will cross paths again before the tournament is over.

 
Game #4: Pulaski County East 11, Pulaski County West 1

Pulaski County East would get the scoring going in the bottom of the first Sydney Green and Brian Dalton would score.  They would pick up another run in the third as Dalton would double and score again.  In the fourth they would tack on three more runs courtesy of Kameron Hall, Christian Whitt and J.T. Thompspn.
 
Pulaski County West would get a run in the top of the fifth Vann Prince would single and come around to score.  However that wasn't enough as Pulaski East would five in the bottom of the fifth to make the 10=run rule take effect, ending this one at 11-1.  Jake Turpin would pitch the complete game for East only giving up the one run on five hits while striking out six.
 
Pulaski County East (1-1) advances to Monday's 6:00PM to face Christiansburg (0-1) in an elimination game.  Pulaski County West (0-2) is eliminated from the tournament.

 
Game #5: Montgomery County 17, Radford 16

The final game of the day was a marathon.  Let's recap this game a little different...
 
Official time of game 2 hours, 36 minutes.  Total number of batters faced: 80 (Montgomery 40, Radford 40).  Total number of runs: 33 (Montgomery 17, Radford 16).  Total number of hits: 28 (Montgomery 13, Radford 15).  Total number of doubles: 8 (Montgomery 3, Radford 5).  Total number of walks: 14 (Montgomery 5, Radford 9).  Total number of pitchers used: 11 (Montgomery 5, Radford 6).  Total number of sunburns: hmm... (24 kids, 6 coaches, 2 umpires, most of the Motor Mile Park staff and lots of spectators!)
 
All tied at 16 headed into the sixth, Tanner DeHart would draw a walk to lead things off.  DeHart would steal second and a single of the bat of Ryan Albert would put Montgomery ahead 17-16.  In the bottom of the sixth, Zach Rutledge pitching for Montgomery would strike out the first batter.  Wes Parcell for Radford would single to get on base, but Rutledge would strike the next batter out followed by a groundout to leave Parcell stranded and end a wild baseball game.
 
Montgomery County (2-0) meets Blacksburg (1-0) on Monday night at 8:00PM.  Radford (1-1) will play again on Tuesday night against either Montgomery County or Blacksburg.  If its Montgomery, go ahead and pay the babysitter an extra hour of two cause it could be another slugfest.
 
Sunday will be an off day for the tournament as everyone breaks to celebrate the Forth of July.  Monday night features two games, at 6:00PM an elimination game between Christiansburg and Pulaski County East and at 8:00PM the last two undefeated teams, Montgomery County and Blacksburg, will meet.  Radford has a bye on Monday and will resume play on Tuesday.