Baseball state semifinals

All games at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers. Admission is $9 in advance, $12 on the day of the event. Parking is $10 for cars, $50 for buses.

Nature Coast (24-4) vs. North Marion (20-8), 4

How they got here: Nature Coast d. Satellite Beach Satellite 8-6, d. Rockledge 3-2, d. Orlando Bishop Moore 6-1. North Marion d. Callahan West Nassau 11-1, d. Jacksonville Bishop Kenny 2-0, d. Baker County 6-0. 

Outlook: The Sharks, ranked No. 6 in 4A, are in the state semifinals for the second time in school history, the first coming in 2018. Nature Coast has won five straight, four by two runs or less. Better still, the Sharks have prevailed in slugfests and low-scoring contests. The Colts, ranked No. 3 in 4A, are in the state semifinals for the first time since 2016. They have won six straight and have posted four shutouts during that stretch. 

Team leaders

Category	Nature Coast	North Marion
Batting average	Collin Nelson .394	Cooper Jones .583
RBIs	Zeth Rodriguez 26	Deric Fabian 51
Home runs	Zeth Rodriguez 6	Deric Fabian 13
ERA	Justin Montanez 0.86	Wyatt Campbell 1.85
Strikeouts	Anthony Anselmo 86	Wyatt Campbell 97