by JGuthrie | Feb 28, 2020 | Sickles, Steinbrenner
By Jarrett Guthrie CITRUS PARK – A sloppy fifth inning, which featured three errors, almost saw Sickles let a win slip away as Steinbrenner erased a five-run deficit. However, the Gryphons aggression on the bases and batting barrage proved too great for the Warriors...
by JGuthrie | Feb 28, 2020 | Armwood, Plant City
By Brandon Wright SEFFNER – As temperatures clipped the forties last night, Tyler Dowdy toed the rubber in the bullpen and tried to find the grip on his signature wipeout curveball. No dice. “I told my catcher that I just couldn’t get my grip on my curve in warm-ups...
by JGuthrie | Feb 26, 2020 | Alonso, Wharton
By Mike Camunas NEW TAMPA — Wharton didn’t need much, while Alonso could’ve used more. The Wildcats (3-0) eked out a 3-2 rainy win over the Ravens (0-3) on Tuesday evening in a game that had plenty of chances to be broken wide open, as the teams combined...
by JGuthrie | Feb 26, 2020 | Newsome, Riverview
By Jarrett Guthrie VALRICO – Newsome’s Zach DeVito wasn’t untouchable on Tuesday night against literal down-the-road rival Riverview, but in the biggest moments, with the pressure on, the Wolves righty bit down on his mouthpiece and delivered. For six innings,...
by JGuthrie | Feb 25, 2020 | Baseball Notebooks, Berkeley Prep, Hillsborough, King, Leto, Plant City, Wharton
TAMPA – A debilitating back injury not only took Berkeley Prep’s Davis Childers off the baseball field, at one point the ailment even forced him from the classroom. But there was one thing the injury couldn’t take from Childers – his spirit. Childers and his family...
by JGuthrie | Feb 25, 2020 | Baseball Round-Up, Jefferson, Seffner Christian, Steinbrenner
Steinbrenner 7, Jefferson 1 Steinbrenner picked up its second win of the season as Donovan Garcia started the scoring with an RBI single in the third, and Tyler Reynolds solo home run led off the home fourth and proved the difference in the win. Cameron Kenny pitched...
