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August 15, 2007

Knights 14 - NFL 10

On a Wednesday night, second round playoff tilt, the Knights and NFL put on a show for the ages. In an epic game that included four lead changes the Knights came out on top 14-10. Mike "Sid" Kelleher got another start for the Knights and notched the second playoff win of his short career. Jim Moleti took the hill for NFL and looked very sharp in the early goings of the game. A 3-2 game through three innings the Knights were clinging to a small lead. The flood gates opened in the fourth, and NFL put up eight runs in the frame, making the score 10-3. Jim "Sticks" Osborne, Clint Alessi, and Bobby Brown all hit homeruns in the inning to take a hefty lead. The Knights weren't done yet, and managed to score three more runs leading up to the seventh inning. With the score 10-6, Joe "Caldad" Callegero came to the plate with one out. Callegero worked a walk, possibly the biggest walk of his, or anyone's career. The walk ignited the flame that was flickering on the Knights bench and quickly grew into an inferno, as each of the next ten Knight's batters got base hits, quickly eating away the lead that NFL worked so hard to build. Callegero was the first Knight Moleti walked all game and it definetely rattled the youngster. His arc decreased and the velocity on his split-seamer wasn't there like it had been all game long.

The Knights went on to score eight runs of there own in the top of the seventh, giving them the lead, 14-10. In the bottom NFL got two runners on with only one out but couldn't muster a rally. The Knights would eventually close out the inning leaving the runners stranded to complete the monumental comeback.