Prep Baseball Report

2023 Preseason Classic: Day 5 Recap


PBR Florida
PBR Florida Staff

The 2023 PBR FL Preseason Classic continued Friday, February 17th at Lawnwood Sports Complex in Fort Pierce, FL. Day 5 started with a matchup of A3 Academy vs Foundation Academy at 4:00 and Montverde Academy vs Trinity Christian Academy at 7:00.

Game 9

Friday at the Preseason Classic featured A3 Academy and Foundation Academy in the afternoon. Tennessee commit Mikey Cascino got the start for A3. The right-hander worked three innings allowing just one run with three strikeouts. He ran the fastball up to 88 mph.


For Foundation, uncommitted
Johnny Davila got the start. Up to 87 mph, he went three scoreless with three strikeouts.

The scoring got started in the 3rd inning as Jonathan Bosque drove in the game’s first run. Things opened up in the 4th for Foundation Academy. Vanderbilt commit Braden Holcomb launched a mammoth home run to left to lead off the inning. The Lions added two more in the inning to go up 4-0.


A3 got on the board for the first time in the 6th. Uncommitted
Walker Vanecek doubled to center. FIU commit Ethan Burkhardt later tripled to score Vanecek.


Foundation Academy got a run back in the 7th with a Holcomb RBI single to go up 5-1.

Bottom of the 7th, A3 Academy mounted a comeback. RBI singles from Andrew Duncan (FSU) and Nick Cucchi (USF) would make things 5-4.


FIU commit
Marc Hersh would follow up with a RBI single to tie things at 5. The next batter was Burkhardt, who would pop up but an error by Foundation would allow Hersh to score the winning run in walk-off fashion.

A3 Academy wins 6-5.

Game 10

The nightcap on Friday featured Montverde Academy vs Trinity Christian Academy. Getting the start for Montverde was Nova commit Oscar Hernandez. The right-hander worked a scoreless outing going three innings allowing one hit with three strikeouts.

For Trinity Christian, uncommitted Dmitri Dijkhuizen got the call to start. He worked 3.1 innings allowing three runs with three strikeouts.

Montverde got on the board in the 3rd inning and never looked back. Logan Chapman (GA Tech) drove in a run on a sac fly followed by a Victor Martinez Jr (Central FL) two-RBI single to go up 3-0

Montverde added more runs in the 7th on a Martinez RBI double followed by an Anthony Cole (FGCU) RBI single.


In relief for Montverde were
Christian Borbely and Jack Garvey. The two combined for four shutout innings and eight strikeouts.

Montverde Academy would defeat Trinity Christian 6-0.

 

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