Glenelg baseball shows fight but falls just short in 6-5 loss to Middletown in 2A state final

WALDORF — Glenelg baseball never stopped fighting. Playing in the Class 2A state championship game for the second time in three years, the No. 2 seed Gladiators found themselves in an early two-run hole against No. 4 Middletown.

The Gladiators didn’t flinch and immediately struck back with two runs of their own. Glenelg trailed by three in the bottom of the sixth inning and yet again scratched and clawed to even the score at 5.

After Middletown retook the lead in the top of the seventh...