Rebels rally for rare road win against Panthers

Poly, which is ranked sixth in the division, padded its lead in the fifth inning when right fielder Joey Asperger reached on an error to lead off the frame, stole second base and scored on a two-out ground-rule double by Campbell, who started at third base, to make it 3-1.

"It was a toss-up game, we got a few lucky breaks to get our runs in," said Poly Coach Wayne Ellis, whose team tied the game at 1 in the bottom of the second inning on a run-scoring single up the middle by outfielder Zack Bern after Prep had taken its first lead in the top of the inning on a Steve Fleming RBI double. "Our starter did a real nice job, pitched real well and so did theirs. We kept them off-balance, but [Orndorff] was getting tired at the end."

Prep's comeback actually started in the top of the sixth when a two-out rally was enough to force Orndorff off the hill with runners on second and third following Fleming's second double of the day with third baseman Cole Rademacher on base. Campbell got the final out on two pitches, but wasn't as effective in the seventh.

He hit catcher Dylan Arya to lead off the inning, induced a groundout that advanced courtesy runner David Gibson and then surrendered a rolling single through the middle of the infield off the bat of shortstop Brendan McKiernan to put runners at the corners with one out. First baseman Alex Sierra followed with single to right field to plate Gibson that cut the lead to 3-2 before designated hitter Royce Park came up with a game-tying sacrifice fly to plate McKiernan.

Termini's bomb off the second offering from Campbell caromed off the roof of the gymnasium, which is a double per Poly's ground rules.

"It starts with the first batter of the inning, he hits a batter and puts him on," Ellis said. "They got some hits, they're a good team.

[Campbell] didn't hold them, he's one of our better relievers. That's just the way it goes, if he had gotten three outs, we would all be happy."