Prep baseball: A primer on Digital Domain Park

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Manatee's first crack at a state baseball title since 1963 will come Friday at Digital Domain Park in Port St. Lucie, where the Hurricanes face Lakeland in a Class 5A state semifinal.
Here is some info on the stadium, which has hosted the state baseball semifinals and finals since 2009.

CONSTRUCTED: 1988
CAPACITY: 7,160
DIMENSIONS: 338 ft. (left field); 410 (centerfield); 338 (right field).
WHO GOES THERE?: It's the spring home of the New York Mets. The high Single-A St. Lucie Mets, a Florida State League South Division foe of the Bradenton Marauders, have been there since the park opened. And the Gulf Coast League Mets played there from 1992-99 before returning in 2004.
MILES FROM MANATEE HIGH: 151.52, according to MapQuest.
MY NAME IS...: The park was originally named Thomas J. White Stadium before being called Tradition Field in 2004, according to Wikipedia. It was branded Digital Domain Park in March 2010.

Prep baseball: Manatee will face Lakeland in state semis

In a game that ended less than 20 minutes before midnight, Lakeland defeated Plant City Durant 4-2 in the Class 5A-Region 2 final at Joker Marchant Stadium on Friday.

The Dreadnaughts (26-4) will face Manatee next Friday in a Class 5A state semifinal at Port St. Lucie's Digital Domain Park, the spring home of the New York Mets.

Manatee defeated Largo Pinellas Park in the Region 3 final, beating the Patriots 12-6.

It is Manatee's first first state appearance since 1963, when the Canes won the Class 2A state title.

Orlando Pace and West Boca Raton Community will meet in the other Class 5A semifinal.

Times are be determined for both semifinals games, but the state championship game is slated for 7:05 p.m. Saturday.

Head to Prep Rally all throughout the week for notes, previews and more on the Class 5A state final four.