Sea Kings Varsity Drops Game 1 at the Desert Cities Baseball Tournament

January 24, 2025

The Sea Kings Varsity faced off against Delta Valley on Friday in their first game at the Desert Cities Baseball Tournament. The Sea Kings Varsity wasted an excellent outing by starting pitcher Marcello Anelli (‘25), as the offense could only muster three hits against Delta Valley’s pitchers.

The Sea Kings Varsity manufactured a run to jump out 1-0 after a half inning. Brady Gadol (‘25) lead off the inning with a single and then stole second base. After he advanced to third base on a sacrifice bunt, Vincent Menard (‘25) drove in the Sea Kings first run with an infield groundout.

Delta Valley answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the first to tie the score at one apiece.

Delta Valley took the lead for good with two unearned runs in the fourth inning.

In the fifth inning, Delta Valley tacked on an insurance run to cement a final score of 4-1 in the six inning affair.

Marcello Anelli finished his outing with a final stat line of 4 innings pitched, 0 earned runs, 8 strikeouts and no walks.

Mark Solomon (‘25) lead the Sea Kings offense going 1 for 2 with a triple and a hit by pitch.