PORT HURON – A late rally in game two propelled Macomb Baseball to a doubleheader sweep over the host SC4 Skippers on Thursday (April 24) at Sanborn Park in Port Huron. The Monarchs won game one by a 9-1 tally and later posted a 9-4 victory in extra innings in game two to sweep the day.

The wins vaulted the Monarchs to 26-14 overall and 13-6 in a heated race atop the MCCAA East. The 13-6 league record saw the Monarchs end the day in a tie with Henry Ford for first place in league play. Both Macomb and Henry Ford ended the day one game in front of second-place Mott.

The top two teams in the MCCAA East qualify for the NJCAA Region XII postseason with the top team earning home field advantage in the opening round. The second-place team will open postseason play on the road against one of the four conference champions from the MCCAA and OCCAC (seeded by Massey Ratings). The opening round is a best 2-out-of-3 series played at the higher seed with the winner advancing to Jackson College—site of the 2025 Region XII Championship—for a double-elimination tournament May 15-17.

GAME ONE: Macomb 9, SC4 1
The Monarchs broke the game open behind a five-run third inning that was capped off by a 2-RBI single to center by Matt Hanneman. The five-run frame was all the Monarchs needed, but Nathan Fidelino ensured a victory was in-hand with an RBI single in the fourth and a 2-run home run in the sixth in the 9-1 triumph. The home run was Fidelino's third of the campaign.

Dominic Miller started the opener and went on to strike out six while scattering four hits in five innings of work to move to 3-0 on the season.

Dominic Cavacini led the Monarchs in the hit department with a 3-for-5 game one that included a run driven in and two runs scored. Hanneman, Fidellino, Vincent Cowdrey and Nicholas Sandiha Jr. followed with two hits each.

Hanneman and Luke Babcock drove in two runs each while Fidelino led the way in the opener with three RBIs.

GAME TWO: Macomb 9, SC4 4 (8 inn.)
Trailing 4-2 entering the seventh inning, the Monarchs rallied to post two runs in the frame as Nathan Fidelino recorded an RBI single and Luke Babcock brought the game-tying run in via sacrifice fly. After Jack Saputo came on to shut down the Skippers in the home half of the inning, the Monarchs capitalized in the eighth as Ryan McKay put the Blue & White in front with the game-winning RBI single to right field.

Nicholas Sandiha Jr. brought two around to score with a single to left center to make it 7-4 and Fidelino drove in one on a sacrifice fly before an error on the same play scored a second run in the 9-4 victory.

Saputo got the win, his second of the season, after tossing two innings of no-hit ball with three strikeouts.

Evan Robinson came on in relief and pitched four innings of one-hit ball with no earned runs crossing the plate.

Luke Babcock, Dominic Cavacini, Matt Hanneman and Sandiha led the Monarchs with two hits each while Riley Ames, Fidelino and Sandiha paced the RBI department with two each.

UP NEXT: Home Doubleheader Saturday
The Monarchs conclude their season series with the Skippers in Warren on Saturday with a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.