Sewickley's Legion baseball came to a close on Sunday, but not before a fair amount of offense was produced at the team's Bell Acres home.

Hosting a doubleheader to close the season, Sewickley produced 14 runs of its own, but still suffered a pair of tough losses. The team fell, 8-5, against Keystone Oaks in the final Ohio River League game of the year, then finished the with a 13-9 loss in a non-league finale against Chartiers Valley-South Fayette.

"The last few games, we've just tried to play hard and have a lot of fun," Sewickley coach Zach Ciccone said.

"I think the guys have had a lot more chatter and we've scored a lot more runs."

The losses bring the team's final record to 4-18, with a forfeit win over Crafton-Ingram-Thornburg providing the fourth victory.

Sewickley started on the right foot against Keystone Oaks, taking a 1-0 lead in the first. After Dan Webster tossed a 1-2-3 top half, Billy Warick drove in leadoff hitter Liam Coughlin for the early lead against KO pitcher D.J. Hoover.

Keystone Oaks' offense came alive in the second inning, loading the bases with only one out. Webster hit the next batter, tying the game, before an infield single and a sacrifice fly increased the lead to 3-1.

In the third, the visitors got their biggest hit of the game from first baseman Greg Romano, who powered a breaking ball from Webster over the left field fence, giving his team a 5-1 lead with a two-run homer.

In the bottom half of the inning, Shane Priddy doubled to score Dylan DiDomenico, cutting the lead to 5-2 as the weather began to turn for the worse.

Play was never halted, though a steady rain began to fall in the fourth inning. The visitors were on the field warming up in the middle of the fourth during the heaviest part of the downpour, a three-minute stretch of constant rainfall.

"We had some issues with the balls today, a little bit of an equipment problem," Ciccone said.

"I guess that slowed the pitchers down a little bit. They probably couldn't get as good of a grip on the ball and control their off-speed stuff. Besides that, it didn't really affect the batters and position players."

The cloud cover by the middle of the fifth, and now trailing, 6-2, Sewickley began to mount a rally.

DiDomenico started the inning with a single, reaching second on a wild pitch. Warick would eventually drive in DiDomenico, while Josh Hays followed with a two-out RBI double, driving a ball over the head of the left fielder to cut the lead to 6-4.

The home team made it a one-run game in the sixth, when DiDomenico hit a two-out single that scored Webster. The hit was the third of the game for the Northgate grad, playing in his second season for Sewickley Legion.

"A lot of the guys were new this year. There were only about three that played last year," DiDomenico said.

"I think we've come a long way from the beginning. In the first game, we didn't even know each other's names. Now we're pretty good buds and we know how each other plays. I think we've gelled as a team."

As one of the veterans on the team, DiDomenico has been a leader, especially during the team's recent offensive improvement. A pair of doubles in the second game on Sunday made it five consecutive multi-hit games for DiDomenico, who will head to California (Pa.) University in the fall.

Add in his solid defensive contributions at shortstop and the speedy Northgate alum has been a key member of this year's Sewickley team.

"I was hoping to finish off strong and continue that next year in college," he said.

"It's been a fun year. It's not the same guys that turn up every game, but everyone who comes out here tries hard and wants to win games."

Sewickley's chance to finish the rally got tougher in the seventh, as the visitors added two runs off Priddy, pitching in relief of Webster.

Trailing, 8-5, with two outs, Paul Coury doubled, Will Sutherland singled and Tim O'Shea walked to load the bases for Coghlan.

But the Sewickley leadoff hitter looked at a 2-2 pitch that appeared to be outside. Instead, it was a called third strike, ending the comeback attempt.

In the second game of the doubleheader, Sewickley found itself trailing again in the fourth inning.

Hays stepped up to the plate and tied the game with one big swing, hitting a two-run home run that made the score 4-4.

Chartiers Valley-South Fayette regained the lead, taking a four-run advantage into the final inning.

Webster, often used only a pitcher, played this game in the outfield, leading off the last inning with a double.

With the bottom of the order hitting, Sewickley made contact, driving two balls deep toward the fence. Neither had the distance to leave the yard, stranding Webster to end the game.