Bordentown’s rally comes up short

NEW MILFORD » The Bordentown Post 26 baseball team went into the seventh inning trailing by six runs, only to get five back and load the bases before the Ridgewood Rebels escaped with a 1211 win in the New Jersey American Legion District 2 championship game Tuesday night.

Cody Schroeder and Paul Woodley each had a triple, two runs scored, three hits and three runs batted in to give Post 26 a shot at the automatic berth into next week’s Legion State Final 8 at Ewing’s Fred Walters Field at Frank Moody Park.

Kyle Forcini went 4-for-5 with a home run, three runs scored and two RBIs for Bordentown, which will now await the winner between defending state champion Flemington Post 159 and the Passaic Indians.

After those teams play at 4 p.m. Wednesday in New Milford, Post 26 (18-7) will play the winner (at approximately 6:30 p.m.) for a shot at becoming one of the final five teams to qualify for the state tournament. LATE MONDAY HOPEWELL 9, HIGHTSTOWN 1

WEST DEPTFORD » Nick Psomaras homered and doubled, while also driving in three runs to help Post 339 stay alive in the District 3 losers’ bracket.

Stephen Brookwell doubled and knocked in Post 148’s lone run in the top of the third inning.

The lead was shortlived as Hopewell (287) came back to score two runs in the bottom of the third, six more in the fifth and another in the sixth.

Post 339 pitchers Chase Fleming and Will Karp combined on a five-hitter.

Karp had two hits, Josh deDufour had two RBIs and Sam Margulis went 3-for-4 for Hopewell, which will return to Union Field at 4 p.m. Wednesday, needing to win two games, beginning with its showdown with Cherry Hill Post 372, an 8-2 winner over Deptford Post 133 Monday.

David Jasper and Jacob Simon were both 2-for-3 for Post 148, which finished its campaign at 15-10.