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Jefferson senior AJ Mathis was 3-for-3, with a double, two runs scored, an RBI and three stolen bases in the Dragons mercy-rule win over Middleton (813Preps file photo). |
Hillsborough Co. District Baseball Round-Up
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Class 6A-District 8 at Jefferson
Tuesday: (4) Spoto vs. (1) Jesuit, 4 p.m.; (3) Jefferson vs. (2) Robinson, 7 p.m.
Thursday: Championship, 7 p.m.
Jefferson 15, Middleton 0 (four innings)
Jefferson senior Andrew Mann pitched a four-inning perfect game as No. 3 seed Jefferson took care of Middleton by mercy-rule in its district quarterfinal game. Mann struck out four in the win. Offensively, senior AJ Mathis singled in the bottom of the first, stole second and third and scored the eventual game-winner on a Ty Evans single. The Dragons added seven in the first inning highlighted by RBI doubles by Robby Martin (3-for-3, three runs, three RBI) and Marc DeGusipe (2-for-3, two runs, two RBI). Charlie Welch had three hits, a triple and scored three times for the Dragons.
M 000 0xx x — | 0 | 0 | 1
J 726 xxx x — | 15 | 16 | 0
W – Mann. L – Smith. 2B – Martin, DeGusipe, Mathis (J). 3B – Welch (J). Records – J 16-7; M 1-21.
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Spoto 6, Blake 1
Spoto will face top-seed Jesuit on Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Jefferson.
Tuesday: (4) Armwood vs. (1) Braden River, 4 p.m.; (3) Lennard vs. (2) Brandon, 7 p.m.
Thursday: Championship, 7 p.m.
Armwood 9, Tampa Bay Tech 2
A Christian Tavarez RBI single and a Amaury Quinones (two hits, three RBI) RBI sac fly helped Armwood break an early tie, and solid work on the mound from Cameron Oliu (win, 4 ip, one earned run, five strikeouts) and Brayan Sanchez with a three-inning save, where he allowed just two hits did the rest.
TBT 200 000 0 — | 2 | 3 | 1
Arm 220 203 x — | 9 | 10 | 1
W – Oliu. L – Lara. S – Sanchez. 2B – Finan, Quinones, Tavarez (A). Records – TBT 3-18; A 7-15.
Tuesday: (3) Riverview vs. (2) Plant City, 4 p.m.; (4) Durant vs. (1) Bloomingdale, 7 p.m.
Thursday: Championship, 7 p.m.
Durant 4, East Bay 2
Durant senior Reed Toney earned the win in relief as the Cougars defeated East Bay in district quarterfinal action. Toney relieved senior Wyatt Hickey, who struck out seven in five innings of work on the mound. Sophomore Coleton Brogden had two hits in the win, including his eighth double of the season, and an RBI.
W – Toney. 2B – Brogden (D). Records – EB 4-19; D 12-11.
Class 9A-District 8
Various sites
Tuesday: (3) Sarasota Riverview at (2) Alonso, 7 p.m.; (4) Palm Harbor at (1) Newsome, 7 p.m.
Thursday: Championship, 7 p.m. at higher seed.
At Wharton
Tuesday: (3) Wiregrass Ranch vs. (2) Strawberry Crest, 4 p.m.; (4) Freedom vs. (1) Wharton, 7 p.m.
Thursday: Championship, 7 p.m.
At Sickles
Tuesday: (3) Steinbrenner vs. (2) Plant, 7 p.m.
Wednesday: Championship – Steinbrenner/Plant winner vs. (1) Sickles, 7 p.m.
At Leto
Tuesday: (5) Chamberlain vs. (4) Hillsborough, 5 p.m.; (3) Gaither vs. (2) King, 7 p.m.
Wednesday: Chamberlain/Hillsborough winner vs. (1) Leto, 7 p.m.
Thursday: Championship, 7 p.m.
At Berkeley Prep
Tuesday: (5) Tampa Catholic vs. (4) Tampa Prep, 4 p.m.; (3) Clearwater Central Catholic vs. (6) Brooks-DeBartolo, 7 p.m.
Thursday: Tampa Prep/TC winner vs. (1) Calvary Christian, 4 p.m.; CCC/Brooks-DeBartolo winner vs. (2) Berkeley Prep, 7 p.m.
Friday: Championship, 7 p.m.
Various sites; semifinals and final at Carrollwood Day
Tuesday: (8) Winter Haven All Saints at (1) Carrollwood Day, 7 p.m.; (5) Lakeland Santa Fe vs (4) Cambridge Christian at Skyway Park, 7 p.m.; (6) Seffner Christian at (3) Bishop McLaughlin, 7 p.m.; (7) Bell Creek at (2) Lakeland Christian, 7 p.m.
Thursday: Semifinals (at Carrollwood Day) Bell Creek/Lakelan Chr winner vs. Seffner/Bishop winner, 4 p.m. Santa Fe/Cambridge winner vs. All Saints/CDS winner, 7 p.m.
Friday: Championship (at CDS), 7 p.m.