Sals stage late comeback to defeat baseball power Caravel

Dialog reporter
 
WILMINGTON – Salesianum scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Caravel, 6-5, in nonconference baseball April 5. The Sals snapped a two-game losing streak in their third straight contest against a team ranked in the top five in the state.

The Sals scored single runs in each of the first three innings, with Joe Setting, Zack Miller and Alex Hinton driving in runs with singles. Caravel tied the game in the top of the fourth, as Alex Barker drove in a pair with a single to right field. He took second on a groundout and scored on a base hit by Aaron Holiday.
The Buccaneers, who were coming off a loss to Roman Catholic of Philadelphia, scored twice more in the fifth inning to take the two-run lead. Salesianum bounced back in their half of the sixth with three, including another run batted in for Miller.
Jack Fiala retired all six batters he faced over the final two innings for the win. The Sals (3-2) host Cape Henlopen, another top-10 team, Saturday at 1 p.m. Caravel fell to 3-1; the Bucs are back in action on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at William Penn Charter (Pa.).