It was a balk-off championship victory. The Pennsylvania 6A high school baseball championship was decided in the rarest of fashions Friday night when North Penn pitcher Caleb Price balked with the bases loaded in the 13thinning to force home the only run of Cedar Cliffs 1-0 victory on the Penn State campus. It took more than six hours to break the scorele s tie, and it became the longest baseball state championship game in Pennsylvania history. A BALK-off for the state title! Cedar Cliff beat North Penn 1-0 in 13 innings in the PIAA-6A Championship at Penn State. Its the first state title for the Colts SV Sports (@svsports) Cedar Cliff won the title on a balk. SV Sports / X Cedar Cliff celebrates the wild win. SV Sports / X Explore More Odds were stacked in favor of Cedar Cliff even before the home-plate umpire pointed at the pitcher and called a balk Donovan Walton Jersey after a barely perceptible flinch. Cedar Cliff loaded the bases with no outs, and there was a 3-0 count on batter Grant Enders. Video on X by @SVSports showed the catcher slam his mask and glove into the ground after the call was made. Price lifted his arms in disbelief, and most of the fielders behind him stayed frozen like statues as base-runner Michael Boblick hopped down the line with his helmet in his hand, ready to greet the mob that spilled out of the first-base dugout. Cedar Cliff won the PIAA 6A baseball title over North Penn in a 13-inning thriller. SV Sports / X I couldnt believe it. It was unreal, Enders told PennLive.com. Thats all I can say. I mean, got it done. Boblick started the rally with a leadoff single. An errant pickoff throw and two walks followed to set the stage for Cedar Cliffs first title in school history. Its an insane moment. Theres no better feeling than this, Boblick said. Everyone counted us out, saying we were the underdog. Cedar Cliff scored the lone run of the game on a balk. PIAA / X In todays era of sports where seemingly every close call is questioned by a player or a coach from the youth level to the pros the viral video of the play and the do not indicate that anyone argued with the umpire despite the le s-than-ideal way to decide a big game. Luis Matos Jersey