Seaholm Maples Varsity built a four-run lead in the sixth inning and then held off Groves’s charge for a 7-6 victory on Saturday. Groves scored three runs in the failed comeback. #31 and #8 each picked up RBIs.

Both pitching staffs had their hands full, frequently dealing with runners on base. Seaholm Maples Varsity collected 13 hits and Groves had ten.

Groves took an early lead in the first inning when No. 10 doubled on a 1-2 count, scoring one run.
Seaholm Maples Varsity knotted the game up at three in the top of the second inning. Seaholm Maples Varsity scored one run when Gray Kinnie doubled.

Seaholm Maples Varsity took the lead for good with one run in the third inning. In the third Johnny Vecchio doubled on a 2-1 count, scoring one run.

Seaholm Maples Varsity put up three runs in the sixth inning. Seaholm Maples Varsity’s big inning was driven by a single by Kinnie and a double by Mitchell Metikosh.

Max Schumaker took the win for Seaholm Maples Varsity. He went three innings, allowing three runs on seven hits, striking out four and walking one. Metikosh and Nick King entered the game out of the bullpen and helped to close out the game in relief. King recorded the last four outs to earn the save for Seaholm Maples Varsity.

No. 18 took the loss for Groves. He went five and two-thirds innings, allowing seven runs on 12 hits, striking out six and walking one.

Seaholm Maples Varsity collected 13 hits on the day. Kinnie, Lucas Simmons, Jimmy Love, and Paul Durocher each had multiple hits for Seaholm Maples Varsity. Simmons and Kinnie each managed three hits to lead Seaholm Maples Varsity.

Groves tallied ten hits. #41, #10, and #31 all managed multiple hits for Groves.

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