The 22-9 Oceanside Collegiate Academy Landsharks edged the 15-7 Dillon Wildcats 3-2 in varsity baseball playoff action held at Mount Pleasant, S.C., on Monday, May 18.
The Landsharks took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning and held onto that lead until the top of the fifth inning when the Wildcats managed a run. Dillon added a run in the top of the seventh inning to force an extra inning in which Oceanside Collegiate Academy scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning to claim the win.
Dillon managed 6 hits while holding Oceanside Collegiate Academy to 4 hits.
The Wildcats committed 2 errors in the game, and the Landsharks committed 4 errors.
The Landsharks’ Aiden Culler had a double, a single, a walk, a rbi, and scored a run in his 4-plate appearances. Cash Crone had a single and a sacrifice hit in his 4-plate appearances. Finn Kucaba had a single, a sacrifice hit, and a walk, in his 4-plate appearances. Christopher O’Leary had a sacrifice fly and a rbi in his 2 plate appearances.
The Landsharks’ Finn Kucaba stole 2 bases while Charlie Johnson, Aiden Culler, and Cash Crone each had a stolen base.
Oceanside Collegiate Academy’s Cade Griffith pitched 5 innings and allowed 4 hits, 1 earned run, walked 4, and struck out 5 of the 24 batters he faced. Noah Long pitched 3 innings and allowed 2 hits, 1 earned run, walked no one, and struck out 3 of the 10 batters he faced.
Oceanside Collegiate Edges Dillon 3-2 In Extra Inning
