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#7 Gaither 3
Newsome 2
Gaither scored three in the fifth inning, highlighted by an Albert Antinori RBI sac fly and a two-run Ivan Vasquez double to left – supporting Mathew Altman‘s county-leading ninth win on the mound. Altman went 4 innings, allowed one unearned run, on three hits and two walks with five strikeouts. Carter Kindberg pitched two scoreless innings, and Adam Smolka earned his fourth save, allowing one run on one hit and two walks, with two strikeouts. Cole Walton singled in the game’s first run for the Wolves in the third, and Newsome drew the game within a run with an Ocean Cozart RBI fielder’s choice in the seventh, but couldn’t scratch across the tying run with two in scoring position to end the game.
G 000|030|0 – |3|5|2
N 001|000|1 – |2|5|1
W – Altman (9-0); L – DiPietro (2-3); S – Smolka (4)
2B – Vasquez, Wade (G). Records – G (15-4); N (5-14).
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#10 Cambridge Christian 5
Bishop McLaughlin 4
The Lancers and Bishop McLaughlin went to the seventh tied before errors allowed Cambridge Christian to take the lead back and hold on for a win on the road. Jayden Jardine was steady on the mound in relief, allowing just one run over 4 1/3 innings and striking out three, before Brennan Ryan got the final two outs of the sixth and Nathan Hazzard closed out the save with three strikeouts. Jardine was 2-for-4 with an RBI at the plate; and Blake Hafter went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and two RBI for the Lancers. Jadin Soto was 2-for-4 with a double and a run for the Hurricanes.
C 310|000|1 – |5|6|1
B 300|001|0 – |4|6|4
W – Ryan (1-0); L – Anderson; S – Hazard (1)
2B – Hafner (C); Soto, Zarlenga (B). Records – C (14-5-1); B (10-10).
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East Bay 3
Robinson 2
East Bay put two in scoring position in the sixth inning, before a balk plated the deciding run as the Indians held off visiting Robinson. The Indians jumped out to an early lead as two wild pitches plated a pair of runs; the Knights cut the lead in the second as Tyler Shoemaker walked and stole home, and tied the game in the fourth on a Rhyder Robinson RBI line out. Trenden Norman was 2-for-2 with a double and run scored for East Bay; Jeffrey Diab was 1-for-3 with a double and a run; Cameron Cook allowed one earned run over 4 2/3 innings of a no-decision; before JJ Groover pitched two no-hit innings to earn the win and Brady Robello struck out the last batter of the game to earn a save. Ben Bryan was 2-for-3 for the Knights; and Santiago Rojas had five strikeouts in a losing effort.
R 010|100|0 – |2|4|1
E 200|001|x – |3|5|1
W – Groover (3-1); L – Rojas (1-4); S – Robello (1)
2B – Diab, Norman (E). Records – R (8-12); E (12-6).
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#1 Bloomingdale 7
Plant 5
Bloomingdale’s JJ Santiago (3-for-4) led a rally win sparking a three-run sixth with an RBI single, then adding another RBI hit an inning later as the Bulls defeated Plant on the road. Izzy Perez also had three its in the win, driving in two runs; Payton Jennings was 2-for-4 with two runs scored; Mason Johnson‘s productive out in the sixth gave the Bulls the lead for good; and Vaughn Osting went the distance allowing three earned on eight hits and struck out nine. Will Meade was 2-for2 with a double and two RBI for the Panthers; and Gio Benitez was 2-for-4 with a double, run and RBI.
B 000|303|1 – |7|13|1
P 000|320|0 – |5|8|0
W – Osting (3-1); L – Keller
2B – Plusquellic (B); Benitez, Meade (P). Records – B (17-2); P (11-9).
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Plant City 5
Armwood 3
Plant City junior Keegan Wilkerson struck out 10 over six innings as the Raiders broke a tie game open with an RBI sac fly by Alex Rodriguez in the sixth and a Josh Machado RBI single in the seventh. Drew Cothren went 3-for-4 with Arun scored for the Raiders; and Merrick Smith struck out all three he faced in the seventh to record a save. Justin Hamilton was 2-for-4 with a double, run and RBI for the Hawks.
P 201|001|1 – |5|8|1
A 003|000|0 – |3|3|1
W – Wilkerson (4-1); L – Powell (0-2); S – Smith (3)
2B – Wilkerson, Black (P); Hamilton (A). Records – P (12-8); A (3-11).
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Chamberlain 4
Morgan 2
Chamberlain’s Dylan Wormack gave the Storm a late lead with an RBI infield single and Michael Medina added some insurance with an RBI double lined to left in sixth. Wormack was tagged with a pair of unearned runs in his three-inning start; but the Storm got some steady relief from Yenderzon Ruiz, who held the Mustangs to one hit and two walks over three innings, before Aidan Felix slammed the door shut with two strikeouts in the seventh. Brennan Kay was 2-for-3 with a double and RBI; and Nahz Taylor had a pair of hits in the win. Maxzell Mathis was 1-for-2 wit an RBI in the loss for the Mustangs, and had five strikeouts on the mound taking the loss.
C 100|012|0 – |4|10|2
M 002|000|0 – |2|2|2
W – Ruiz (1-1); L – Mathis; S – Felix (1)
2B – Kay, Medina (C). Records – C (8-10); M (2-15).
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Cypress Creek 3
Carrollwood Day 1
Cypress Creek senior Eli Chana had eight strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings, while allowing one run, and Colton Burrmann finished things off and was rewarded with a win as the Coyotes scored two, two-out runs in the seventh. Chana got things going with a triple, before TJ Beatty (2-for-4, double) broke a tie with an RBI double, and Deacon Turpin added some insurance with an RBI triple. Luke Anderson led off the home-first with a triple for he Patirots and scored CDS lone run.
CC 001|000|2 – |3|11|0
CD 100|000|0 – |1|3|0
W – Burrmann; L – Williams
2B – Beatty 2 (CC); 3B – Turpin, Chana (CC); Anderson (CD). Records – CC (12-7); CD (7-14).
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#3 Strawberry Crest 6
Sickles 3
Strawberry Crest sophomore Bubba Blount provided steady relief entering with the bases loaded and the Chargers holding a one-run lead in the third inning. Blount got out of the jam with a strikeout and a line out, then pitched three more scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and striking out three as Crest defeated Sickles. Gryphons senior Emilio Salgado (2-for-4) doubled in the game’s first run, and Lee Melamut added and RBI fielder’s choice to the early lead. But the Chargers answered right back scoring two in both the first and second – highlighted by two Reuben Vasquez (2-for-3, RBI) singles, a Nico Cappucci (2-for-3, run) RBI single and a double by Josh Cespedes. Zalen Hicks picked up the save by recording the final two outs of the game.
Si 201|000|0 – |3|7|3
SC 220|002|x – |6|8|1
W – Blount (3-0); L – Taylor; S – Hicks (2)
2B – Salgado, Taylor, Shearer (Si); Yahrmatter, Cespedes (SC). Records – Si (12-8); SC (15-5).
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Durant 8
Alonso 5
Durant took advantage of some defensive mistakes by the Ravens starting the game off with four runs as an error and a Brady Kelley (2-for-4, two RBI). double setup Jackson McClellan to get the Cougars going with a two-run double to center; Shawn Graves extended the lead with a double and Tristan Macpherson helped out his pitching cause with an RBI single. Alonso answered right back with three highlighted by a Jordan Campos two-run double and a David Hernandez RBI single. But two more errors in the fourth spoiled the Ravens night as Kelley drove in two with a single and the Cougars pulled away for the win.
D 400|300|1 – |8|11|1
A 300|020|0 – |5|4|4
W – Macpherson (0-0); L – Batista (0-0); S – May (0)
2B – Kelley, McClellan, Graves (D); Campos (A). Records – D (10-6); A (10-9).
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Hudson 4
Seffner Christian 1
Seffner Christian couldn’t make an early lead stick as a two-run home run by Hudson’s Carter Smith (2-for-3, two runs) gave the Cobras all they would need in the sixth inning. Aiden Shuster struck out five, allowed one unearned run in 6 1/3 innings, before Aiden Pace recorded the final two outs for the save. Seffner Christian C Christian Villanueva led off the home-first with a single, and his speed-up runner Darnell Mills moved up a base on an error and scored the Crusaders lone run on a Camden McBane two-out single; Ryder Stephens allowed one unearned run and struck out four in 3 1/3 innings in a no-decision.
H 010|002|1 – |4|3|3
S 100|000|0 – |1|8|2
W – Shuster (2-1); L – Pelaez (2-3); S – Pace (1)
2B – Williams, Bullock (S); HR – Smith (H). Records – H (14-7); S (9-9-1).
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Calvary Christian 4
Tampa Prep 0 – eight innings
Calvary’s Kanin Sumney (7ip, 4 H, 5 K) and Tampa Prep senior Liam Akins (7.1ip, 1 ER, 5 H, 4 K) went at it through seven innings, before the Terrapins allowed the leadoff batter in the eighth to reach on an errors and the Warriors plated four runs to take home a hard-fought extra-inning game sealed by a Tripp Fecarotta RBI single into right field. Chase Brady was 2-for-3 with an RBI in the win; and Luke Straw struck out a pair in a 1-2-3 eighth inning.
C 000|000|04 – |4|5|0
T 000|000|00 – |0|4|2
W – Summey (4-0); L – Akins (2-3)
Records – C (20-1); T (9-13).
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#9 Sumner 6
Leto 1
Sumner’s Braylon Disla (1 H, 2 BB, 8 K) carried a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings as the Stingrays pulled away from Leto early. Jaylin Chambers led off the game with a single, and Sumner scored a pair on RBI groundouts by Diankel Berrios and Isaiah Romano; and Cameron Pacquette went 2-for-5 in the win, with an RBI and two runs scored. David Lemos broke up the no-no in the seventh, Brihan Diaz doubled and Dariel Breton drove in a run with an infield single.
S 200|030|1 – |6|7|1
L 000|000|1 – |1|3|2
W – Disla (2-0); L – Diaz
2B – Diaz (L). Records – S (13-6); L (6-11).
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#8 Jefferson 8
King 3
The first of Elijah Benton‘s RBI singles pushed the game out of reach in the fifth as Jefferson defeated King at home. Benton would add a two-run single in the sixth after the Lions brought the game within a run in the top-sixth with three runs. AJ Cruz was 3-for-4 with two runs for the Dragons, John Oliver was 2-for-3 with a run scored; and Leo Schreiner earned his first varsity win with four scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out five. Gabe Guilott went 2-for-3 with a run for the Lions.
K 000|003|0 – |3|4|4
J 110|024|x – |08|9|1
W – Schreiner (1-0); L – Miesz
2B – Cruz (J). Records – K (1-15); J (13-5-1).
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#4 Wharton 13
Freedom 5
Wharton took an early lead as Jeremiah Brown (RBI single) and Chris Stroud (3-for-3, RBI double, two runs, two RBI) drove in a pair in the second inning, before the Wildcats poured it on with an eight-run third inning highlighted by a Chase Andress grand slam to right. Chase Anello was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI; Tomas Rivera was 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and two runs scored; and Connor Evans pitched three scoreless innings with three hits and two strikeouts to earn the win. Parker Crafton was 2-for-3 with a double and home run for the Patriots in the loss; and David Simpkins was 2-for-3 with a run scored.
F 000|230|0 – |5|8|4
W 028|030|x – |13|13|1
W – Evans; L – Spano (6-2)
2B – Acord, Ledford, Crafton (F); Rivera, Anello, Stroud (W); HR – Crafton (F); Andress (W). Records – F (12-7); W (13-4-1).
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Canterbury 11
Foundation Christian 1 – six innings
Canterbury freshman Lucas Blaxberg held Foundation Christian to one unearned run, three hits and a walk, while striking out six in five innings on the mound.
F 001|000|x – |1|5|1
C 020|315|x – |11|7|0
W – Blaxberg (3-0); L – Salter (3-1)
Records – F (11-2); C (11-4).
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#6 Berkeley Prep 10
Lakewood Ranch 0 – five innings
Berkeley Prep senior Parker Mitzel held Lakewood Ranch to one hit and one walk, while striking out a pair over four innings and helped his own cause at the plate going 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI starting off the scoring with two runs driven in the first and ending the game via mercy-rule with an RBI double in the fifth. Jett Walters was 2-for-4 with a double and run scored; Mason Warren and George Cook each drove in a pair; and Lucas Farrar pitched a scoreless inning of relief with two strikeouts.
L 000|00x|x – |0|2|3
B 620|11x|x – |10|11|1
W – Mitzel (3-0); L – Nielsen
2B – Mitzel 2, Walters (B). Records – L (6-12); B (17-5).
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Lakeland Santa Fe Catholic 12
Brooks DeBartolo 2 – five innings
B 020|00x|x – |2|2|6
S 203|25x|x – |12|9|1
W – Arnold; L – Blaylock
2B – Ramos (B); Dicks, Waters (S); 3B – Montenegro, McGuire (S). Records – B (2-16); S (12-8).
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Lennard 11
Hillsborough 0 – six innings
Wagner dominant in second-straight one-hitter.
L 210|053|x – |11|14|1
H 000|000|x – |0|1|3
W – Wagner (0-0); L – Sabella (0-0)
2B – Locke, De Pablos (L). Records – L (8-10); H (7-13).
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Steinbrenner 13
Riverview 1 – five innings
Steinbrenner handles Riverview for fifth-straight win.
S 570|01x|x – |13|12|0
R 100|00x|x – |1|4|4
W – Juan; L – Marino
2B – Mix, Ciccarello (R); HR – Ortiz (S). Records – S (9-10); R (7-13).
⚾ Monday, March 30 Result ⚾
Lennard 5
Bishop McLaughlin 2
Lennard jumped out early scoring two runs on an Ivan Carballo two-out, two-run single in the first, then the Longhorns built on with an RBI bunt single by Christian Skaggs and a sac fly from Mikie Locke (2-for-2, 2B, two runs) to pull away from the visiting Hurricanes. Skaggs tossed a complete-game, allowing one earned on seven hits and two walks, with two strikeouts. Jacob Boyd had an RBI single for Bishop McLaughlin, and Josh Rogerson struck out seven in the loss.
B 001|100|0 – |2|7|1
L 220|010|x – |5|7|1
W – Skaggs; L – Rogerson
2B – Losinski, Soto (B); Locke (L). Records – B (10-9); L (7-10).
⚾ Monday, March 30 Result ⚾
#2 Tampa Catholic 6
Clearwater Central Catholic 2
Tampa Catholic’s Ty Fraga struck out 11, while shaking off two CCC first-inning runs to go six innings on just four hits and a walk, before Dominic Cannizzaro finished off the final inning with a hit and a strikeout. Marauders senior Cooper Riley started the scoring off with a two-run homer to left field in the first, but the Crusaders answered back with six runs in the home-half starting when Cole Bitman doubled and scored on a Jack Smythe (2-for-3) single. Jayden Mera drove in one with single; Vincent Kemp plated one with a fielder’s choice, and Braden Beauchaine drove in a run with a double.
C 200|000|0 – |2|5|1
T 600|000|x – |6|8|1
W – Fraga (6-0); L – Rodrigues (2-1)
2B – Beauchaine, Bitman (T); HR – Riley (C). Records – C (10-8); T (18-3).
⚾ Monday, March 30 Result ⚾
Seffner Christian 9
Grace Christian 1
Seffner Christian’s Tyler Tate held Grace Christian to one run on one hit over three innings with three strikeouts, and Paxten Angel finished off the game with just one walk issued over four innings to earn a save. Rylan Rizzardi (run, two RBI), Uriah Bullock (RBI), Mason McBane (two runs, RBI) and Kensen Angel (run, two RBI) each had two hits for the Crusaders; and Christian Villanueva was 1-for-3 with a run and two RBI.
G 010|000|0 – |1|1|0
S 002|304|x – |9|11|1
W – Tate (4-3); L – Purkey; S – Angel
2B – Williams (S). Records – G (7-6-1); S (9-8-1).
⚾ Monday, March 30 Result ⚾
Bell Creek 10
Pinellas Park 0 – five innings
Bell Creek senior William Miller pitched four scoreless innings and had 11 strikeouts, while going 3-for-3 at the plate with a triple and two runs score; and Joey Johnson hit his first varsity home run – a three-run shot to left.
B 017|11x|x – |10|8|1
P 000|00x|x – |0|3|5
W – Miller (3-1); L – Scelzi (0-6)
2B – Wilson (B); 3B – Miller (B); HR – Johnson (B). Records – B (12-3-3); P (1-15).
⚾ Monday, March 30 Result ⚾
Carrollwood Day 19
Brooks DeBartolo 4 – four innings
Luke Anderson (2-for-3, 2 doubles, run) and Trevor Sprague (1-for-2, 2B, two walks, three runs) each drove in four runs for the Patriots; and Richie Kemner earned the win with three innings pitched, three runs allowed and five strikeouts, and hit an RBI double. Gabriel Machado went 1-for-2 with two runs score for the Phoenix, and Caden Ramos had an RBI double.
C 134|(11)xx|x – |0|0|0
B 120|1xx|x – |0|0|0
W – Kemner; L – Brown
2B – Anderson 2, Kemner, Sprague (C); Ramos (B). Records – C (7-13); B (2-15).
