The Columbus TNT Knights defeated Johnstown-2 Mainline Pharmacy 7-5 to reach the AAABA Tournament title game for only the second time in franchise history on Friday night in front of 1,529 fans at Sargent’s Stadium at the Point.
Columbus will make the franchise’s first championship game appearance since a runner-up performance in 1993. The TNT Knights (4-1) meet Buffalo East Coast Orville’s (5-0) at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Point.
Buffalo will appear in its first AAABA Tournament title game since 1980 and sixth overall after five previous runner-up finishes.
On Friday, Columbus’ Treston Nemth had three hits, and Braden Reed and Gage Weaver each had two hits. Nick Feasel pitched five innings of relief in the win, throwing 88 pitches, 53 for strikes.