The Sea Kings Varsity got a taste of its own medicine, as the Newport Harbor Sailors held the Sea Kings hitters in check on their way to a 4-0 victory in both teams’ conference opener. The Sea Kings only sent twenty-five batters to the dish over the course of seven innings and had a runner in scoring position only twice throughout the game.
The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth inning when the Sailors cracked the seal with a two-out, two-run RBI triple.
In the top of the fifth inning, the Sea Kings tried to strike back when William Chiechi (‘25) led off with a double, but he was gunned down at the plate two batters later when he tried to score on Jackson McDonald’s (‘25) two-out line drive single to right field. This would prove to be the Sea Kings’ best opportunity to score on the day.
The Sea Kings pitched their way into trouble in the bottom of the six inning when a one-out walk was followed by a hit batsman. After a fly out, the Sailors were able to cash in those two runs with back-to-back, two-out singles. This made the score 4-0 Sailors and that is how the game would ultimately end.
Brady Gadol’s (‘25) single in the sixth inning extended his season-long, on-base streak to eight games, a streak that is matched by Chiechi.
Although held hitless, both Marc Solomon (‘25) and Princeton-commit Vincent Menard (‘25) were able to stretch their on-base streaks to seven games with walks.
The Sea Kings Varsity will host Newport Harbor for game two of the three-game series on Wednesday, March 19.