Bloomingdale 7
Lake Minneola 0

Porter dominant in Bloomingdale’s semifinal opening win.

L 000|000|0 – |0|4|1
B 202|003|x – |7|5|2
W – Porter (8-1); L – B. Montrowl
2B – Pierre (L); Johnson (B). Records – L (22-9); B (25-4).

Sickles 6
East Lake 2

Jaden Nazar (RBI single), Brandon Gonzales (RBI double) and Zach Dial (RBI single) got things going for Sickles in the first inning – as each would have multi-hit games for the Gryphons in a region semifinal opening win against district rival East Lake. Gonzales cruised early on the mound, working around four singles in the first four innings before the Eagles finally scored on a two-run single up the middle by Dylan Taft. But by that point, the Gryphons built up the lead with an RBI double from Dial, a bases loaded walk drawn by Charlie Martz, and Jordan Yost reaching on a single in the fourth and scoring on a wild pitch. Ben Durda worked the final inning for Sickles, allowing one walk, but striking out a pair. The two teams return to action on Thursday from Sickles at 7 pm for Game 2.

E 000|020|0 – |2|5|0
S 302|100|x – |6|12|0
W – Gonzales (6-1); L – Boehm (5-5)
2B – Gonzales, Dial, Nazar (S). Records – E (21-9); S (23-8).

Plant 11
Wharton 6

Cucchi homers, Strayer sets scoring record as Plant tops Wharton.

W 000|222|0 – |6|7|1
P  008|012|x – |11|12|1
W – Townley (8-0); L – Duno
2B – Cobb, Fawcett (W); DeCamp, Cerelli (P); HR – Anello, Andress (W); Cucchi, Ellis (P). Records – W (23-6); P (23-6).

Alonso 3
Sarasota 0

Alonso junior Julian Batista struck out six across six scoreless innings, leading the Ravens in a Game 1 region semifinal win. Raymond Llanes leadoff the game with a double to center and scored the deciding run on an RBI single by Alvin Santiago (3-for-4); Ihonathan Perez added to the lead in the third with and RBI sac fly; and Alonso  built it up with a leadoff double from Daniel Despaine to start the fifth, followed by a single from Santiago and Despaine scoring on a passed ball. Christopher Padilla worked a 1-2-3 seventh inning to pick up the save with one strikeout.

A 101|010|0 – |3|8|1
S 000|000|0 – |0|4|1
W – Batista (5-2); L – Garmendia (5-2); S – Padilla (1)
2B – Llanes, Despaine (A); 3B – Metcalf (S). Records – A (18-11); S (22-7-1).

Venice 2
Newsome 0

Newsome fell in a pitcher’s duel at Venice in Game 1 of the region semifinals. Senior JP Glassford pitched five scoreless innings, before the Indians got a leadoff home run from August Blackman to right, and Venice loaded the bases on a hit batter, a Graham Houston double and an intentional base-on-balls, before RJ Shields was hit by a pitch to push across another run. Venice junior Carter Cox held the Wolves to one hit (and Evan Plusquellic single) and two walks, while striking out 10. Game 2 from Venice is set for Thursday at 7:30 pm.

N 000|000|0 – |0|1|0
V 000|002|x – |2|4|0
W – Cox (3-0); L – Glassford (7-4)
2B – Houston, Mauro (V); HR – Backman(V). Records – N (21-8); V (27-3).