by JGuthrie | Mar 30, 2019 | Alonso, Durant
Durant senior Frankie Martinez held Alonso to just four scattered hits and a hit batter, tossing a complete-game shutout with nine strikeouts. By Jarrett Guthrie, editor TAMPA – Those Saturday games can get you. Most of the time they reflect the third game of...
by JGuthrie | Mar 30, 2019 | Baseball Round-Up
Jesuit’s Bennett Lee slaps a double down the third base line in the Tigers three-run fifth. Lee is hitting .457 on the season, has had at least one hit in 11-of-12 Jesuit games this season, and this was his ninth double of the year. Jesuit 9, Robinson 0...
by JGuthrie | Mar 30, 2019 | Leto, Sickles
Sickles senior pitcher Dylan Eskew was dominant in a two-hit complete game in the Gryphons 11-1 win over Leto on Friday evening. Eskew had 12 strikeouts and a hit batter, as well. (Photo by Mike Camunas) By Mike Camunas TAMPA — Sickles wants more. Not in a...
by JGuthrie | Mar 30, 2019 | Jesuit, Robinson
Jesuit junior Camden Minacci tossed a complete-game shutout, striking out 12 an allowing just two hits and a walk as the Tigers defeated Robinson in district play. By Jarrett Guthrie, editor TAMPA – It was fitting junior Camden Minacci took to the mound on...
by JGuthrie | Mar 29, 2019 | Newsome
By Bob Bellone LITHIA – Newsome could do without another visit from Hunter Mink and his Palm Harbor University teammates. Last May, Mink celebrated his 17th birthday by going 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles and four RBIs in a 12-2 blowout of top-seeded Newsome...
by JGuthrie | Mar 29, 2019 | Baseball Round-Up
Wharton sophomore Zach Ehrhard breaks out of the box after slapping this leadoff triple in the first inning of the Wildcats big district win over Strawberry Crest. Ehrhard would finish with three runs scored and an RBI in the win. Steinbrenner 6, Plant 5...
by JGuthrie | Mar 29, 2019 | Strawberry Crest, Wharton
Wharton junior Steven Hotinski cleared the bases with this triple down the right field line. Hotinski, who also drove in the games first run, finished with four RBI to lead the Wildcats to a district win at Strawberry Crest. By Jarrett Guthrie, editor DOVER –...
by JGuthrie | Mar 28, 2019 | Features, Jefferson
Dragons baseball coach Juan Fontela has stepped down, according to Jefferson athletic director Bernard Cannon. By Jarrett Guthrie, Editor TAMPA – Jefferson baseball coach Juan Fontela resigned from his position as the Dragons head coach on Wednesday, school...
by JGuthrie | Mar 28, 2019 | Plant City, Saladino
By Jarrett Guthrie, Editor Plant City High School athletic director Tim Leesburg confirmed on Thursday that the Florida High School Athletics Association (FHSAA) ruled that Plant City’s baseball team violated the organization’s pitch-count rule and must...
by JGuthrie | Mar 28, 2019 | Baseball Round-Up
Our editor Jarrett Guthrie had a great time Wednesday night at the Sports Club of Tampa Bay Hall of Fame induction ceremony hosted at the T. Pepin Hospitality Center, where Steinbrenner head baseball coach John Crumbley was inducted into this year’s...
