With one out in the top of the 7th and the score Chantilly 6, Centreville 4, the heart of the Wildcat lineup was coming up to bat. Left fielder Mark McCormick slammed a single to right field on a 3-2 pitch. The Centreville catcher, Bobby San Martin, hit a double down the left field line, advancing McCormick to third. The next batter, second baseman Mark Behne, who was the potential go-ahead run, hit a towering fly ball to right field. The ball was easily caught by Connor Major, but McCormick scored after tagging up, bringing the Wildcats to within 1 run of the Chargers. Right fielder Chris Simpson then hit a slow ground ball to third, which was fielded on the run by Ben Langford and thrown to first, in time, for the last out. The final score was 6-5.

Chantilly scored its first run in the 1st inning, after Collin Ryan reached first on an error, Ben Langford advanced him to second on a single, and a single by Kevin Johnston brought him home. In the second inning the Charger batting order almost batting around. On 3 hits, 2 walks, 2 fielder's choices, and a sac bunt, they batted in 4 runs. Two were by Jamie Danehower, and one each were by Ben Langford and Kevin Johnston. In the 4th inning Collin Ryan reached 1st on an error, was advanced to 2nd on a fielder's choice by Ben Langford, and scored on a single by Kevin Johnston.

Leading Chantilly's offense were Jamie Danehower (double, single, 2 RBI), Kevin Johnston (2 singles, 3 RBI), and Ben Langford (2 singles, RBI). Also contributing were Collin Ryan (single), Sonny Romine (walk), Sam Hellman (walk), and Connor Major (sac bunt).

Starting pitcher Dan Lawler (4 K, 3 walks, 7 hits, 2 ER, 115 pitches) pitched the entire game.