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During every at-bat, the Key West High softball team put at least one runner on base collecting six hits across the first six innings, still entering the bottom of visiting Vero Beach held a two-run advantage as they stepped to the plate for their final swings in regulation play. Scarlet Niles and Alexandra Rodriguez opened the frame with singles, Niles scoring her team’s first run on a wild pitch, with Vera Roder knocking in the game-tying run on a sacrifice fly to send the contest into extra innings. ...
CONCH BASEBALL TESTED IN CALI AS HURRICANES SPLIT SPRING BREAK
Conch baseball took their talent to the west coast over spring break to see how they measured up to some of the highest-rated ball clubs in California. They opened their long-distance series with the Sonora Raiders, who hail from La Habra, just outside the Anaheim city limits. Key West struck first in inning three when Auggy Davila walked, then was advanced when the pitcher balked with Nelson Ong at the plate. Ong then laid down a sacrifice bunt to get Davila to third and Caden Pichardo grounded out, giving Davila the opportunity to cross the plate and give Key West the lead. Sonora tied it up in inning four and from there, it was a defensive battle into extra innings. Anthony Lariz pitched a phenomenal game, lasting 8 innings and striking out 11 batters in the process. But the game would last 10 innings, and Sonora managed to score the walk-off run to end it, 2-1. The Conchs had 5 hits in the loss, with 1 each from Steel Mientkiewicz, Caden Pichardo, Sam Holland, Jacob Burnham and Roman Garcia.
Hurricanes' Lavoie outduels Dolphins' Ziels during Monroe County matchup
As always, records, stats, or any prior game of the season can be thrown out when Coral Shores and Marathon High are matched on a schedule. Sure enough, it happened once again as the Coral Shores baseball squad — which has just four wins in 10 contests during the 2024 campaign — headed south to take on Monroe County rival Marathon — which had won 10 of 12 to begin the year — during which Hurricanes starting pitcher Campbell Lavoie was able to go toe-to-toe...
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