- April 24, 2024
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Seabreeze gave up five runs in the sixth inning, putting them on the road for the first round of regionals.
BY MATT MENCARINI | SPORTS EDITOR
A single inning can make a major difference in a season, and the Seabreeze baseball team knows this all too well.
The Sandcrabs lost to Edgewater 7-5 Thursday, in the district championship game. Seabreeze had a 3-2 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth, when Edgewater scored five runs, putting the game out of reach. Seabreeze scored two runs in the seventh.
The loss meant that the home team ended its season as the district runner-up, pitting the squad against Melbourne in the first round of regionals.
“That one inning killed us,” coach Anthony Campanella said. “We had the momentum the whole game. (But then) we walked a guy, then we hit a guy — with two strikes, we hit him — and then we didn’t execute the bunt coverage. And it just steamrolled from there.”
An errant throw from pitcher Dale Tanguilig, on a sacrifice bunt, scored the runners on first and second.
In the district semifinal against Deltona April 23, the Sandcrabs were on the other end of a big inning, scoring eight runs in the fourth, to win 10-1.
Seabreeze struck first Thursday, when third baseman Kyle Commette singled and then scored from first on a passed ball.
The Sandcrabs took a 3-1 lead in the fourth, when Tyler Thomas drove in Eddie McGarity with a single.
Liam Wigley, who advanced from from first to third on Thomas’s hit, scored when Tanner Rachal singled.
