Florida High School Baseball - Nease nudged by Ponte Vedra
March 13, 2012: Ponte Vedra, FL 32095 The Nease Panthers baseball team (Ponte Vedra, FL), was tipped 3-2 in Tuesday's league outing with the visiting Ponte Vedra Sharks (Ponte Vedra, FL)
The Sharks now hold a 9-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Nease for a 5A District 4 outing on Wednesday, March 14. Ponte Vedra will confront a Panthers team coming off a 3-2 league loss to Ponte Vedra (Ponte Vedra, FL). The Panthers record now stands at 7-4.
Next, the Panthers confront the Ponte Vedra Sharks (Ponte Vedra, FL) in a 5A District 4 outing, on Wednesday, March 14. Nease will attempt to advance on its 7-4 season record. The Sharks go into the outing with a 9-3 record after their 3-2 league win over Nease (Ponte Vedra, FL).
Game Summary
Ponte Vedra was down to their last strikes, the bases empty, two outs, trailing Nease 2-1 when the Shark's Bret Polings hits a fly ball to centerfield that was slightly misjudged and Poling ends up on second base. Perry Orth hits a sharp ground ball that is deflected off the 3B glove to the shortstop. In his haste to retire Orth the SS throws the ball over the 1B head and Poling scores the tying run. After a Max Miller single moves Orth to second base, Nathan Rokosz hits a sharp single to center field to score Orth for the winning run.
Walker Sheller came on in relief of winning pitcher Matt Deegan in the 7th to record the final three outs to earn the save to push the Sharks record to 9-3 on the season and a perfect 3-0 in the 5A district. Orth and Rokosz led the Shark hitting attack with a pair of hits while Deegan allowed 5 hits and 2 runs in earning his 3rd victory on the season. Shark pitchers have given up but one walk in their past 3 games to improve their team ERA to 1.56.