Seaside baseball

 Five freshmen on a roster often signals one thing.
 Growing pains.
 The Spartans certainly had their share, at one stretch losing 10 of 11 games, with five of those loses being by nine or more runs.
 Seaside, though, stuck with the plan, waiting for the youth to mature.
 As humbling as it was to watch the losses mount, the Spartans were gaining experience, taking small steps towards respectability.
 Seaside was a different team when it came back from a tournament in Sacramento. And while three more losses mounted, it was competitive.
 Six straight wins later, the Spartans are in the postseason conversation, having evened their overall record at 11-11, improving to 8-6 in the Pacific Division.
 Seaside, who hosts Pacific Division leader Alisal today, may have to run the table to earn a playoff spot for the first time since 2013. The good news is three of its final four games are at home.
 Its winning streak included a win over Watsonville, who had won seven straight league games prior to the meeting.
 For all the youth, seniors Daniel Sayre and Ray Huggins have been leaders by example, with Sayre hitting over .400 this spring, while supplying meaningful innings on the mound.
 Freshman Aden Trotter has shown the biggest promise, hitting over .300 for Seaside, while junior Dalton Rainaud has gotten hot during the teams run.