It was a historic night in the MABL Division, as the No. 1-seeded Boston Sox (21-2-1) and No. 2-seeded Cambridge Spinners (18-6) squared off in the deciding game of the 2018 MABL Finals.

Starting on the hill for the Sox was Cy Young contender Hector Gabriel Ramirez (10-2, 1.23 ERA), matching up against Pat Clapp (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 6 Saves), the Spinners' closer, in a rare spot start.

Clapp, who threw a total of just 14 innings in the regular season, held the Sox' offense to just six hits to go along with six strikeouts in eight innings of work.

Ramirez was equally impressive for the Sox, giving up just three hits over 8.1 innings while striking out twelve. Neither starting pitcher would allow an earned run in their outing.

After a scoreless game through three frames, the Spinners broke the scoreless tie with two runs in the 4th, capitalizing on a pair of errors by the Sox.

Two innings later, the baseball gods evened things out, as the Sox put up two runs of their own in similar fashion, tying the game at 2-2.

Both squads would have opportunities to push the winning run across in the innings to follow, but the bullpens for each side were magnificent, and the game remained tied for the next six nail-biting innings.

Jon Shepard entered the game for the Sox on just two days rest and managed to keep the Spinners' bats silent, throwing 5.2 innings of shutout relief. Shepard would go on to earn all three wins for the Sox in the series, producing a 5-0 postseason record while giving up just one earned run over 30 innings.

On the Spinners' side, Clapp was relieved in the 9th by Pat Donohoe, who despite some control issues, did not allow a run to cross over the next four innings.

As the clock struck midnight, the game entered the bottom of the 13th inning, with the score still knotted at 2-2. Nervous fans in attendance and those watching on Facebook Live waited with bated breath to see how the series-deciding game would unfold.

Rommel Peguero led off the inning for the Sox with a base hit and quickly advanced to second on a wild pitch one batter later. With first base open, Ryan Foley was intentionally walked, giving the Sox runners on first and second with no outs.

A sacrifice bunt by Omar Ortiz would move the runners to second and third with one out. With first base once again vacant and the big bat of Marcos Reyes due up for the Sox, the Spinners issued their second intentional walk of the inning, electing to instead face the veteran, Jake Perkins.

With one out and the winning run 90 feet away, Perkins stepped up to the plate with a chance to play the role of walk-off hero. On the second pitch of his at bat, Perkins perfectly placed a ground ball down the first base line just out of the reach of the Spinners' first baseman, allowing Peguero to score from third and the Boston Sox to walk off with the dramatic 3-2 victory and the 2018 MABL championship.

In the end, Game 5 of the 2018 MABL Finals took over four hours and a total of 13 innings to complete, setting a single-game record for most innings played in the MABL Finals. The previous record was 10 innings set back in Game 2 of the 2016 Finals between the Athletics and Spinners.

Congratulations to the Boston Sox on winning the 2018 MABL 18+ championship, their first championship since 2013, and hats off to the runner-up Spinners on a great season and their fourth straight MABL Finals appearance. This was an exciting series that came down to the wire between the top two teams in the league.