Dolphins lose late lead, game to Jaguars
GBHS scores three runs in two losses after scoring 60 in first four
BY JASON THOMPSON Gulf Breeze News jason@gulfbreezenews.com

Jason Thompson/Gulf Breeze News Atta-boy Patrick Vance (right) gets kudos from Brandon Scott in a recent Dolphin game.Vance had hits in all three Dolphin games last week.

The unbeaten Gulf Breeze Dolphin baseball team dropped two games in as many days, including a 5-3 loss to West Florida Friday.

Gulf Breeze (4-2) led 3-2 going into the final inning. Thomas Dorsey, who got out of a bases loaded jam in the fifth in relief of starter Cody Warford, gave up a pair of hits to start the seventh.

With a 2-0 count, Brandon Scott came in pitch.

After narrowly missing on a 2-2 pitch, Scott walked his first batter to load the bases.

Scott couldn't get a hold of a high chopper as the tying run scored. A wild pitch, the first of the game to get by catcher Kolton Hanke, allowed the go ahead run to score.

Gulf Breeze took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on a two out solo homer by Kameron Brunty. The Jags tied it in the top of the second before Gulf Breeze added two in the fourth.

Scott singled with two outs before Corey Downs doubled. Kris Matsoukas, who went 2-for-3, singled to score Scott and Downs.

But the Jags would score one in the fifth before taking the lead for good in the seventh.

Dolphin batters struck out 11 times in the loss.

Jay 3, Dolphins 0

The 2A Royals, who went to state last year, held the 4A Dolphins to only one hit Thursday - a seventh inning, two out single by Patrick Vance.

Aleadoff walk and two errors led to two Jay runs in the third innings, while two leadoff singles plated the Royals other run in the fourth.

Corey Downs pitched the first three innings, striking out two and walking three, while allowing only one hit.

Dobson pitched the final three, struck out two and allowing two hits and no walks.

Dolphins 16, PHS 1

(five innings)

There may have be a big power outage in South Florida earlier in the day on Feb. 26, but that wasn't the case in Gulf Breeze.

The Dolphins continued their torrid early season hitting pace, scoring seven in the first and eight in the fourth of a fiveinning win over the Tigers. It was their third mercy rule win in four days, beating W.S. Neal and Flomaton by 18-3 and 15-3 scores the previous Saturday.

Gulf Breeze scored all seven of its first inning runs with two outs. Corey Downs, who went 3-for-3 and scored twice, doubled to sore both T.J. Jordan and Kameron Brunty, who both singled. Kolton Hanke then doubled to score Downs.

Kris Matsoukas, Patrick Vance, Bo Dobson and Shane Dorlag all followed with RBI singles. Vance went 2-for-2 and scored twice, while Dobson was 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored. Dorlag went 2-for-4 with a triple, a run scored and two RBIs.

Brunty, who went 2-for-2 and scored twice, doubled in the second inning and scored when Downs reached on an error to make it 8-0.

T.J. Jordan, who went 3-for- 3 with two doubles, scored twice in the fourth inning. His first run came after a single by Brunty and the other off a single by Spencer Wiley.

Scott and Downs both walked and scored before a two-run triple from Dorlag scored both Vance and Dobson.

The Tigers scored their lone run in the top of the fifth on a walk and two Dolphin errors.

Dane Monnin pitched the first four innings, allowing only three hits and striking out a career-high nine, while walking only two. Mark Waghalter saw his first pitching action of the season, striking out the game's final two batters after allowing a hit and a walk.

Dolphin JV 14, PHS 0

(five innings)

Tyler McGee and Colby Brown combined on a two-hit shutout, as Robyn Hoffpauir singled, doubled, tripled and drove in five.

Stephen Robbins went 2-for- 2 with a triple, two RBIs and three runs scored, while McGee went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Cruz Lee doubled, scored twice and drove in three.

The Dolphin JV entered the PHS game by winning two of three at the Pine Forest Tournament.

Tate JV 4, Dolphins 2

The Aggies scored single runs in the fifth and sixth innings to break a 2-2 tie on Feb. 11.

Tyler McGee singled and scored, while Nicky Schumacher scored the other run. Thomas Dorsey and Hoffpauir had the team's only other hits.

Ben Lively allowed only one hit over three innings, walking four and striking out two, while Trey Davis allowed three hits, with two strikeouts, over the final three innings.

Dolphin JV 8, Escambia 6

Alex Ball, Brown and Hoffpauir combined on a no-hitter of the Gators on Feb. 14, but the trio combined for eight walks.

Ball struck out six in his stint on the mound, while Isaac Davis hit a two-run double in a six-run third. Lee added a double and scored a run.

Dolphin JV 11, PHS 0

Jackson Yates and Trey Davis combined for a one-hit shutout, with 11 strikeouts on Feb. 15.

Schumacher had two hits and scored twice, while Isaac Davis had two hits and scored once. Hoffpauir scored three times, while Robbins scored twice.