DANVILLE — While those surrounding the Washies Little League Complex on a toasty Sunday afternoon probably inched a bit closer to the edge of their seat in the top of the seventh, Shikellamy coach Jeremy Bauman knew what he had.

He had Jordan Smucker on the bump with the game on the line.

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