The Kolberg Braves put themselves in the driver's seat for the regular season championship with a 2-1 victory over Sister Bay on Sunday.
It was a pitching duel from start to finish with only the three runs scored in the whole game. The first run of the game came in the third inning on an error by the Bays, which allowed a run to score for the Braves. This lasted until the 5th inning when the Bays scored their run on a sacrifice fly to tie the score 1-1. In the bottom of the 5th, the Braves scored the same way with their own sacrifice fly and took the lead 2-1. The Braves' Trevor Reinhardt and the Bays' Sam Forkert and Matt Hecht provided Sunday's pitching clinic, but it was Reinhardt winning the duel with a complete game and 13 strikeouts.
While the Braves kept the top spot with a 10-1 record, the Bays are now joined by West Jacksonport and Washington Island in second place with a 7-4 record. The Islanders walked it off with a walk in their 16-15 win against Maplewood. That dropped the Mets to 6-5 and in sixth place ahead of Institute and Baileys Harbor. The Ports won the other game 7-2 over Egg Harbor with Luke Steebs picking up the win.