SALISBURY – Stephen Decatur’s varsity baseball team lost a tough one this week, falling to Saint Michael’s, 6-0, and collecting no hits in the Bayside Conference championship game on Tuesday.
By virtue of its 11-7 regular season record, Decatur won the Bayside South championship and earned a date in the conference championship with Bayside North winner Saint Michaels. The Seahawks routed Washington High, 17-0, in the regular season finale on Monday to clinch the Bayside South title.
However, playing just one day later in the conference championship game at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium on Tuesday night, the Seahawks ran into a buzz saw in the Saints, whose three pitchers combined on a no-hitter in the conference title game. Saint Mary’s no-hitter against Decatur in the championship game on Tuesday was the first-ever in the 46-year history of the Bayside Conference championship game.
Decatur hit the ball well at times, but the Saints’ defense made some spectacular plays. The Saints’ three pitchers did the rest with outstanding pitching in the historic no-hit win. The Seahawks earned a number-three seed when the state 3A-East brackets were released this week and will play the winner of the first-round game between Bennett and Northeast at home on Saturday.
