Land O’Lakes 9
King 1

Land O’Lakes junior Nick Schwartz struck out 10, working five innings to earn his second win of the season, yielding one run on two hits and three walks. Santi Busot led off the game with a triple and scored  the Gators first run; Ethan Barclay drove in two runs; and Christian Vollsteadt doubled, walked twice scored one and drove in a run in the win. Levi Dunlop singled for the Lions to start the third inning and scored King’s lone run on a double by Nico Brown.

L 110|501|1 – |9|6|0
K 001|000|0 – |1|4|4
W – Schwartz (2-1); L – Galo
2B – Vollsteadt (L); Nico Brown (K); 3B – Busot (L). Records – L (3-2); K (1-5).

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#1 Tampa Catholic 5
Tampa Prep 4

Smythe walks it off as TC escapes Tampa Prep’s challenge.

TP 101|101|0 – |4|7|1
TC 110|100|2 – |5|9|4
W – Giovenco (2-0); L – Brill (0-1)
2B – Brooks, Martino (TP); D. Smythe (TC). Records – TP (2-4); TC (7-0).

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Leto 11
Blake 1

L (10)10|00x|x – |11|7|0
B 100|00x|x – |1|3|2
Records – L (3-2); B (0-6).

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Hillsborough 26
Middleton 2 – four innings

Hillsborough picked up its first win of the season putting up 16 hits, including a 5-for-5 game from Chase Dennis (double, 5 RBI, 3 runs) and a 4-for-5 night from Daniel Pena (five runs, three RBI); while Rocco Sabella struck out six, allowing two unearned runs on four hits.

M 020|0xx|x – |2|4|5
H 39(14)|xxx|x – |26|16|3
W – Sabella (1-0); L – Philmon (1-2)
2B – Dennis, Roberts (H). Records – M (1-4); H (1-5).

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Freedom 12
Chamberlain 1 – six innings

Freedom senior Jacob Antle struck out 10, working six innings to earn his first win this season. Connor Cress (two RBI, run) and David Simpkins (three runs) each had three hits in the win. Chamberlain scored one run on an RBI single by Nahz Taylor. 

F 302|412|x – |12|15|1
C 000|100|x – |1|3|4
W – Antle (1-1); L – Garcia
2B – Handville (F). Records – F (3-2); C (0-6).

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Bell Creek 10
Bradenton Southeast 0 – six innings

Bell Creek’s Evan Booker held Southeast to three hits, working all six innings and struck out eight. Giovanni Vanella hit his first high school home run to dead center; Andrew Golden was 2-for-4, with a triple, double, RBI and two runs; Tate Anich hit two doubles, drove in a run and scored three times; Euriah Benoit was 2-for-3 with a double, run and RBI; and Nathan Benoit drove in a pair in the win for Bell Creek.

S 000|000|x – |0|3|6
B 212|023|x – |10|9|0
W – Booker (2-1); L – Taflinger (0-2)
2B – Beltran (S); Anich 2, E. Benoit, Golden (B); 3B – Golden (B); HR – Vanella (B). Records – S (1-6); B (3-3-1).

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#4 Newsome 16
Brandon 0 – four innings

JP Glassford allowed one hit and one walk, striking out 10 as the Wolves defeated Brandon. Lincoln Jordy was 2-for-3 including a two-run single in the first to give Newsome all the offense it needed; Alec Chin tripled and drove in four runs; Anthony Devito (RBI) and Ocean Cozart both went 2-for-3, scoring two runs apiece; and Nick Bradner hit a double and scored three times.

B 000|0xx|x – |0|1|5
N 2(11)2|xxx|x – |16|11|0
W – Glassford (2-1); L – Mesa (0-1)
2B – Devito, Bradner (N); 3B – Chin (N). Records – B (3-3); N (5-1).