Phillipsburg, NJ — Josh Griffith started on the mound for Freedom on Monday afternoon. He pitched 3 innings of shut down baseball striking out 8 while only giving up 2 hits. In the bottom of the 4th inning Phillipsburg would score the first runs of the game posting 4 runs. Freedom would answer with 2 runs of their own to cut the deficit in half in the 5th inning. PBurg and The Patriots would each score a run in the 6th inning to leaving Freedom down by 2 run going into the 7th. Griffith would continue to “have a day” when he came up with a clutch single scoring 2, tying the game at 5 all. Griffith ended his day with 3 hits but The Patriots would run out of time in their comeback and the game would end 5-5.