OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Despite a good start to an afternoon doubleheader, Thursday turned into a long day for the Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide. The hosts jumped out to a 5-0 lead in game one before the visiting Seacoast Mavericks rallied for an 8-6 win at The Ballpark. The Tide tried rallying from the same 5-0 deficit in game two, but fell short in a 5-3 defeat.

The Tide plated three runs in the bottom of the first inning of game one, on a Seacoast error and RBI singles by Graham McIntire and Kyle Mendenhall, and two more in the third when Max Kuhns doubled home a run and scored two batters later.

A six-run fifth, however, erased OOB’s lead, as Dalton Davis’ three-run home run highlighted the big inning.

Brian O’Keefe suffered the loss for the Tide, as he allowed seven runs on 11 hits over 4.2 innings. He allowed just two hits over the first three innings before running into trouble in the fourth and fifth.

Michael Driscoll survived OOB’s early onslaught to earn the win with a five-inning effort. He gave up the five runs on seven hits, with four strikeouts and four walks.

Taso Stathopolous had no trouble in the early innings of game two. The Maverick’s starter allowed just one hit through the first six innings, before the Tide finally put a dent in his outing during the final frame of the seven-inning game. Stathopolous finished off the win, though, allowing just three runs on three hits, with three punchouts and no walks.

Skip Flanagan ended the shutout with a two-run triple in the seventh before scoring on a Trevor Fink groundout.

Scarborough native Ben Greenberg took the loss, as he allowed four runs on five hits over four innings.