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MARIETTA - Matheson King's Baltimore chop over the second baseman allowed St. Clairsville Post 159 to rally for a 4-3 walk-off victory over Beverly/Lowell Post 389/750 in a Region 4 American Legion Tournament winner's bracket semifinal Wednesday at Marietta College's Pioneer Park.
St. Clairsville will now face the winner of Wednesday's late game between Cambridge and New Philadelphia in the winner's bracket finals on Thursday night at 7. That winner will have to be beat twice by whomever comes out of the loser's bracket.
Connor Nelson went 6.2 innings on the mound for Post 159, striking out 11 and walking none. He reached the pitch limit at 105 after yielding seven hits . Dylan Blon threw one pitch in relief to earn the win.
Max Miller had two of Post 159’s six hits. Caiden Bailey had an RBI single and Blon also drove in a run.
Beverly/Lowell now faces Steubenville in an elimination game on Thursday at 4.