Crystal River's game on Friday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Marathon Dolphins as they made off with a 9-3 win.
Wyatt Lastinger tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Crystal River is 2-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 1-7 otherwise.

Cade Wentworth
| 03/14/26 vs Marathon | 4 |
| 02/27/25 @ Belleview | 3 |
| 02/23/26 vs West Port | 2 |
| 03/06/26 vs Hernando | 1 |
| 02/13/26 vs Nature Coast Tech | 1 |
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Cade Wentworth, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI and one triple. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. Dustin Tyler was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one run and one double.
Crystal River's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-8. As for Marathon, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-5-1.
Coming up, Crystal River will take on Mitchell in a tournament on Tuesday. As for Marathon, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 4-3 loss against Trenton on the 16th.
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