After relinquishing a one-run lead in the top half of the frame, the Sea Kings Varsity rallied for two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to secure a 3-2 victory over the Capo Valley Christian Eagles. A quarter of the way through the season, the Sea Kings record now stands at 6-1.
The Sea Kings played small-ball in the first inning to establish a 1-0 lead. Leadoff man Brady Gadol (‘25) walked, then stole second and was sacrifice bunted to third by Ganon Overfelt (‘25). Team RBI leader, Princeton-commit Vincent Menard (‘25) then did his job and drove in Gadol with a sacrifice fly to right field.
Both teams were then held scoreless until the decisive sixth inning.
Over the course of the games, Capo Valley Christian produced a fair amount of traffic on the bases and they were finally able to break through for two runs in the top of the sixth inning when they strung together a walk and two singles. Junior Will Chavez (‘26) was summoned from the pen to squelch the rally with two outs and a runner on first and promptly hung a three-pitch, backwards K on the first batter hit faced.
Facing a one run deficit with only six outs to overcome it, Gadol wasted no time. He lead off the bottom of the six inning with a double and again advanced to third base thanks to an Overfelt sacrifice bunt. From there, Menard did what Menard does. His single into left field drove in Gadol with the tying run. One out later, it was third baseman William Chiechi’s (‘25) turn to play hero. His two-out line drive into left field drove home Menard with what turned out to be the winning run. Chiechi’s single also had the benefit of extending his season-long on-base streak to seven games.
Chavez returned to the bump to shut the door in the top of the seventh, but the Eagles weren’t out of fight quite yet. After two outs to start the frame, Capo Valley Christian put runners on first and second base, but a fly out to center fielder Gadol ended the game and sealed the victory for the Sea Kings.
Chavez picked up the win for his efforts in relief of starter Stevie Jones (‘26). Jones finished the game with eight strikeouts against only one walk.
Menard extended his hitting streak to six games, and totaled two RBI’s and a run scored for the game. Designated hitter Marc Solomon (‘26) also stretched his hitting streak to six games when he singled in the first inning.
Gadol, once-again, ignited the Sea Kings offense out of his leadoff spot. The senior has reached base in every game this season and has scored a run in six straight. For the game, he finished one for two plus a walk, and scored two runs. The Sea Kings’ all-time leading thief also stole a base for the fourth straight game.
The Sea Kings Varsity now hits the road to face the San Clemente Tritons on March 14.