In a game that spanned five days, used a combined nine pitchers, and saw the lead tie or change seven times, the Deltaville Deltas saw their season come to an end on the final pitch of their quarterfinal matchup. The Richmond Trash Pandas used back-to-back singles to earn a walk-off win in the 11th inning, defeating the Deltas, 6-5, and eliminating Deltaville from the Richmond NABA playoffs. The game began on Sunday, Aug. 2, and saw Deltas’ starting pitcher Matt Kleinfelter lock into a scoreless pitchers’ duel with Richmond’s Traylor DuVal. After three innings, the game was scoreless when severe storms swept through Richmond, forcing a suspension. Further storms and field conditions delayed the resumption of the game over successive nights, but the game was finally able to resume on Thursday night, with six regulation innings remaining in the 0-0 ballgame. The Trash Pandas struck first, plating a run in the fourth inning. The Deltas scored twice in the top of the seventh to take a 2-1 ...
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