Section 9 baseball champion Marlboro met its match against a solid pitcher and the elements.

Chris Spatenga held the Dukes to just two hits through six innings to lead Sayville to a 5-0 win in a state Class A regional final at Eastport-South Manor High School on Saturday evening. Tyler Brown walked one and fanned two (earning his 100th strikeout) to close the contest.

Shane Meehan's two-run line-drive home run to left field capped a three-run third inning for the Golden Flashes (14-9) for a 4-0 lead on Marlboro starter Liam Correa.

No. 2 batter Kyle Messina scored three times, the last tally coming in the fifth, most likely the result of the rainy weather that followed Meehan's blast, but not resulting in any delays. Messina reached on an infield error, stole second, took third on a pas

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