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Baseball: No. 3 Palm Beach Central beats Atlantic 3-0 in eight innings in opener
Monday, February 11, 2013
by
Post Staff
Santaluces High's clover-shaped baseball complex was hardball heaven Monday night, with four simultaneous games involving eight of the county's strongest teams at the D-1 Sporting Goods Slam.
Atlantic, coming off its first state tournament appearance since 1988, held third-ranked Palm Beach Central scoreless through seven innings.
But thanks to senior Joe Shue's three-run double, an Atlantic error and some aggressive baserunning by junior Shane Sawczak (2-for-3, two steals) in the eighth, Central picked up a 5-0 extra-inning win.
Atlantic right-hander Cody Bryant and Central lefty John Padich matched each other until Central got to the Eagles' bullpen. John Padich struck out eight and allowed four hits in six scoreless innings. Bryant went five shutout innings, striking out six. Broncos senior Jorge Alfonso closed with two scoreless innings.
"The positive was the pitching," Broncos coach Scott Benedict said.
In a high-powered matchup, No. 4 Jupiter beat No. 5 American Heritage 5-3. The Warriors scratched out three runs off Palm Beach State-bound Stallions senior Anthony Delaney. In the fifth, senior John McCarthy blasted a two-run homer off reliever Zach Schneider.
Jupiter senior Scott Danek got the win, allowing five hits in four innings. Delaney allowed three hits and four walks. He needed just 24 pitches to get through through two innings, but threw 64 in his next two.
In another tight game, King's Academy defeated Santaluces 2-1 with a seventh-inning rally. Lions senior John Monte doubled in a run, and James Vaughn followed with a go-ahead RBI single. Monte got the win, allowing one run and four hits in six innings.
"You can't ask for more of a pitching effort," Lions coach Doug Magaw said. "Our bats," he conceded, "looked like it was the first game of the season."
Santaluces could say the same. Starter Cody Wager allowed two hits and a walk with six strikeouts in five innings.
Then there was the night's wildest game, in which Trinity Christian overcame two Summit Christian leads and won 8-7.
The Warriors came back from deficits of 5-0 and 7-5, with sophomore Bruce Martin's three-run homer putting them ahead 8-7.
"We know we can swing the bat," Trinity coach Miguel Cuello said.
The Saints couldn't hold on despite an 11-hit attack.
"We made mistakes," Summit coach John Drouin said. "That's OK. We got a good team."
Jupiter 5, No. 5 American Heritage 3: Johnny McCarthy hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning as the Warriors (1-0) beat the Stallions (0-1) in Jupiter. Scott Danek pitched four innings for the win.
Jupiter Christian 4, Boynton Beach 1: Kyle Catedesco had seven strikeouts in five innings and added an RBI, but the Tigers (0-1) fell to the Eagles in Boynton Beach.
Boca Raton Christian 6, Oxbridge Academy 4: R.J. Walsh pitched six innings for the win as the Blazers (1-0) beat the Thunderwolves (0-1) in West Palm Beach. Tommy Varacchi had two hits and two RBIs in the loss.
St. Andrew's 10, Sheridan Hills Christian 0 (5): Nick Chiappetta had nine strikeouts in four no-hit innings and drove in a run as the Scots (1-0) routed the Sharks (0-1) in Boca Raton. Bryant Koshi hit a triple in the win.
Trinity Christian 8, Summit Christian 7: Bruce Martin went 4-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs as the Warriors (1-0) edged the Saints in Lake Worth.
SOFTBALL
Glades Day 9, Clewiston 0: Montana Mills pitched a no-hitter to lead the Gators (1-0) past the Tigers (1-2) in Clewiston.
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User Comments:
lovepurple commented on February 10, 2013 at 10:28 a.m.: report abuse
I would really like to see a survey done thru the web on the referee performance and submit it to the committee for review.
There are so many inconsistencies to the calls being called for both sides
Some refs never blow the whistel and some just blow it just to blow it.
This is costing the game and discourages the play of the game.
To much chatter with the players and especially the winning team... There is no choosing sides and stopping to converse with one coach and not the other.
Please post a survey on the performances on the refs each game and have a point system on them. This will bring a better game to the HS games and elimate the confusion when the refs are aware of a score system.
This is why GVPrep won of LWCS, the worse calls and allowing one team do what another could not do..... Step it up Committee
E4A commented on February 12, 2013 at 9:47 a.m.: report abuse
I agree with "lovepurple" I've noticed the chit chat between coaches and refs.
The worst is when an official from the far side of the play, over rules the official closer to the play. I've seen it more than once.
I've been to three,one sided called, games this year.
Ironically it was the same bias officiating crew. Something needs to be done!
We all can live with a bad call once in a while. When the same refs keep calling blatant one sided games. Time to get rid of them.......Many teams video record.
Go back and take a look. The out come would be different.
When the fairness is taken out the fans walk out.
Victor commented on February 27, 2013 at 12:29 a.m.: report abuse
I love with the pictures sis, they look rellay good. They looked rellay good even without any editing, she is beautiful and im sooo jealous!!! lol can't wait to do my senior photos since your more experienced now :D LOVE YA!
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