MICHAEL PISTELLA Island Coast junior catcher Randy Petito hit the game-winning single in the fifth inning of the Gators’ 10-0 victory over South Fort Myers Thursday night. More photos are available online at: cu.cape-coral-daily-breeze.com.

Island Coast sent nine batters to the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning Thursday night to score six runs with only one out to finish off South Fort Myers 10-0.

The Gators collected nine base hits to back the four-hit, six-strikeout performance of junior Pablo Matos (5-1).

Matos gave up a leadoff double to South’s Joey Walker on his first pitch, but got out of the early jam with a pair of strikeouts and a groundout. That was the start of retiring eight batters in a row before Walker cracked a two-out double in the third inning.

Trailing 3-0 with one out in the fourth, the Wolfpack bunched three straight singles to load the bases in their first serious scoring threat. It was their last as Forrest Hunter grounded into an inning-ending double play.

“That was the turning point in the game,” said Gators coach Clinton Montgomery. “We had no errors and only walked one batter. We finally put a team away for a change.”

The Gators got on the board first. Kameron Gellinger walked to lead off the first inning. After a sacrifice bunt, Taylor Renegar and Chase Vogelbach singled, with Gellinger scoring on Vogelbach’s hit. With two out, Cole Ondrejka doubled to the gap in right-center to drive in two runs for a 3-0 lead.

A single and a walk to open the fifth set the stage for the Gators’ game-ending rally. Senior Jordan Moody’s sacrifice fly to center plated the first run.

That ended the night for South starting pitcher Zach Bailey. Jack Kelly came in, but did not retire a batter before being relieved by Jordan Kerr.

Kyle Harding’s pinch-hit single to left drove in two runs. A single and a hit-batter loaded the bases for Gellinger, who drew a run-scoring walk for the fourth run of the inning.

Junior Randy Petito’s drove in the final two runs with a walkoff single to right.

The Gators (10-2) play at East Lee County Friday night.

South FM000 00 – 0 5 1

Island Coast301 06 – 10 9 0

W – Matos (5-1). L – Bailey.

2B – Walker (SFM) 2, Ondrejka (IC).

Ida Baker 14, Dunbar 2: Steve Nason, Dylan Placher, Tyler Cardini and Michael Watson sprayed three hits apiece and combined to drive in eight runs to lead Ida Baker to victory at Dunbar.

The Bulldogs also got two hits and two RBI from Caleb Farmer, who scored three runs. Jonathan Angelo (1-0) pitched three scoreless innings and struck out four to earn his first win on the mound.

The Bulldogs (7-6) host Cape Coral Friday.

Ida Baker081 05 – 14 20 1

Dunbar200 00 – 2 2 2

W – Angelo (1-0). L – Welch.

2B – S. Nason (IB) 2, Placher (IB), Fitch (IB)m Cardini (IB) 2.

Cape Coral 14, North Fort Myers 4: Cain Spangler (4-for-5) and Koji Spangler drove in three runs apiece to spark Cape Coral to a six-inning victory over North Fort Myers.

Travis Hill contributed three hits and Cody Carroll two hits for the Seahawks (9-3), who visit Ida Baker Friday night.

North FM 110 101 – 4 6 3

Cape Coral 510 116 – 14 14 1

W – K. Spangler (2-0). L – Conger.

2B – C. Spangler (CC), K. Spangler (CC). 3B – C. Spangler (CC).

Dunnellon 16, Mariner 12: Mariner’s final appearance in the Sarasota Baseball Classic was anything but a pitchers’ duel. The Tritons outhit Dunnellon 13-8, but lost for the third time in four tournament games.

Tyler Bender (1-1) was tagged with the loss after pitching just one inning. Chris Patton and Charlie Klein combined to pitch 2/3 of an inning in the Tigers’ 12-run second inning assault. Mariner’s fourth pitcher, Ryan Hutson, took over and allowed one run the rest of the way.

The Tritons spent the entire game facing a deficit. Alex Santana (3-for-4) drove in three runs and hit the team’s first home run of the season. Walter Cleary (2-for-4) added a second homer in the fifth inning.

Klein (2-for-4) and Hutson (2-for-4) added multiple-hit efforts for the Tritons (8-6), who visit South Fort Myers Tuesday.

Dunnellon 3(12)0 010 – 16 8 5

Mariner 0 1 2 414 – 12 13 0

W – McArdle. L – Bender (1-1).

2B – Phillips (D), Hannah (D), Klein (M), Cleary (M), Hutson (M). 3B – Santana (M). HR – Santana (M), Cleary (M), Love (D).

Pendleton 10, Bishop Verot 9: After spending six innings facing various deficits, Bishop Verot rallied for four runs in the top of the seventh inning to tie Pendleton before losing on a one-out, walkoff RBI single in the bottom of the seventh.

The win hands Pendleton fifth place in the Sarasota Baseball Classic.

Dan Vogelbach and Hudson Boyd had two hits apiece, including a home run, to lead the Vikings. Brock Graber, who wound up as the losing pitcher, contributed two hits including an RBI single to drive in the tying run in the seventh.

The Vikings (9-3) return to the field Wednesday when they host Port Charlotte.

Bishop Verot 021 110 4 – 9 11 4

Pendleton 401 112 1 – 10 13 2

W – Brown. L – Graber.

2B – Rivera (BV), Boyd (BV), Sheffield (P), Soocy (P), Wall (P). HR – Vogelbach (BV), Boyd (BV), Daru (P).