KOREA
Time to bounce at Berkey. ASIJ players celebrate their D-I baseball title.

Time to bounce at Berkey. ASIJ players celebrate their D-I baseball title. (TeAnna Reimers/Special to Stripes)

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea – Decisions, decisions. Let Colin Schrader hit and possibly have him torpedo Zama’s entire season? Or walk the E.J. King senior, even with the bases loaded, just to limit the damage?

Trojans coach Dirk Schmiedel opted for the former – and Schrader sent a Rhino Aumua pitch over the left-field fence at Osan’s Mustang Field to knot the Far East Division II baseball final at 7-7.

It only delayed Zama repeating their title of a year ago, as the Trojans got a walk-off RBI single from Schmiedel’s son, Will, in the bottom of the seventh inning to edge the Cobras 8-7.

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