Salesianum wins state baseball championship over Caesar Rodney

The Salesianum Sals pose after winning the DIAA baseball state championship. Photo by Nick Halliday

The No. 13 seeded Salesianum Sals continued their run all the way through the championship. The Sals came into the championship the underdog just like they were as they faced the No. 6 seed in Caesar Rodney Riders.

The Sals beat No. 20 Brandywine, No. 4 DMA, No. 5 Sanford, and No. 2 Sussex Tech to reach the state championship. In the championship they continued their hot play as they set their sights on Riders.

With the Sal trailing 2-1 in the fifth inning broke the game wide open scoring five runs on six hits. The biggest blow in the inning was an inside the park home run by Jude Swift that drove in three runs. Matt McSorely had an RBI double in the inning, while Landon Johnston added an RBI single as Salesianum took a 6-2 lead.

The big fifth inning proved to be too much for the Riders to overcome as the Sal defeated them 7-3. Sals starting pitcher Jack Rossi got the win on the mound while Chris Moxley threw the last two innings to close out the game.

Salesiaum totaled 12 hits in the game and had 5 players each with two hits. Swift led the way going 2-2 with a run scored and 3 RBI’s on his inside the park homerun.

Caesar Rodney had six hits in the game as Colby Rall led the way going 2-4 with 2 runs scored.

This is the first baseball state championship for the Sals since 2008.