The Tecumseh Baseball team saw their goal of a Regional Title fall just out of their grasp in extra innings on Saturday, as Dearborn Divine Child scored one run in the bottom of the 8th to take a 2-1 victory at Eastern Michigan’s Oestrike Stadium in Ypsilanti. The game quickly turned into a pitcher’s duel between the Falcons Liam Gibbons and Tecumseh’s Dirk Ysassi. After no scoring in the first and second innings, the Indians broke through first in the top of the third. Designated Hitter Cruz Torres got the game’s first hit by either team with a single to left, Zeke Schmidt then laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt which hugged the first base line, and after pausing to see if the bunt would roll foul, Gibbons picked it up an hurriedly attempted to retire Schmidt at first, only to fire the throw in to right field, setting the Indians up with runners at second and third and no outs. After Sam Abbott hit a sharp grounder back to Gibbons for the first out, Connor Bullinger picked up an RBI with a ground ball to second, scoring Cruz from third. Gibbons then stranded Schmidt at third getting out the inning with a strikeout. Meanwhile, Ysassi was perfect through the first three innings, retiring nine straight batters. But the Falcons Andrew Ryan lead off the 4th with a triple into the right field corner and promptly scored the game’s tying run on a sacrifice fly by Cole Boike. The Indians mounted threats to break the tie in both the 5th and 6th innings but were unable to produce the lead run. Tecumseh had runners at first and third after singles by Torres and Abbott, but the threat ended with Torres being thrown out at home on a steal attempt. Jeremy Bennett singled with one out in the sixth but could move no further, as Gibbons retired the next eight hitters. Divine Child also had chances to end the game in regulation, advancing runners to 2nd base in both the sixth and seventh, but Ysassi closed the door on the Falcons forcing the game to continue. Ysassi left after the seventh after holding the Falcons to 1 run on 4 hits and striking out 2. Then Falcons pushed the game wining run across in the bottom of the eight, when Andre Davis singled off Indian reliver Avery Kane, but was promptly thrown out trying to steal. Freshman DH Ryan McNally then doubled to right and was replaced by pinch runner Ben Cameron. After an intentional walk was issued to leadoff man Andrew Ryan to set up a possible double play situation, Boike lifted a short pop up into left field which landed just inside of the line in fair territory and just out of the grasp of outfielder Sam Abbott then bouncing away as Cameron raced around the bases with the winning run. The Indians finished the game with 5 hits, all singles, including two by Torres and one apiece by Abbott, Jeremy Bennett and Kyle Barden. Gibbons who pitched all eight innings for the Falcons, picked up the win for Divine Child Striking out seven. With the loss Tecumseh ends their season with a record of 23-12 after winning both the SEC White Championship and District Title while making a sweet 16 appearance. The Falcons went on to defeat Williamston in the quarter final 12-2 and will now meet Orchard Lake St. Mary on Thursday at 11:30 at MSU in the MHSAA Semi-final.