Benjamin School pulls away late to beat Jupiter Christian 7-4

On day 1 of my East Coast and South Florida, I went and saw the Benjamin Buccaneers take on the Jupiter Christian Eagles. On the mound we had Liam Schulz against Cannon Baughman. The scoring got started early for the Buccaneers as Jackson Miller drew a leadoff walk and Tristan Head was hit by a pitch. Both later scored in the inning, one on an RBI single from Freddie Beruvides. The Eagles immediately answered back in the bottom half of the 1st on a couple errors from Benjamin. Gabe Roque also singled in the inning. With 1-out in the 2nd Jackson Miller gave Benjamin back the lead with an oppo taco homerun. 

Jackson Miller ‘25 - OF

The @OleMissBSB commit goes #PBRBombSquad? here at Jupiter Christian to give The Benjamin School a 3-2 lead heading to the bottom half of the 3rd pic.twitter.com/b8ddlBLnjM

— Connor Holdren (@ConnorHoldren_) April 3, 2023

The lead for Benjamin wasn’t held for long as AJ Seymour doubled and was driven in by Nolan Feyereisen to even up the game at 3 heading to the 3rd inning. 

2024 Nolan Feyereisen ties the game at 3 with an RBI single to LF pic.twitter.com/Ws1MLVNFwb

— PBR Florida (@PBRFlorida) April 3, 2023

Sam Martorella led off the 3rd with a single and then Brandon Roberts doubled to give Jupiter Christian the lead. 

E3 | Benjamin School 3, Jupiter Christian 4

Jupiter Christian takes the lead

• ‘24 Brandon Roberts RBI single ?? pic.twitter.com/T7nCJwo5NS

— PBR Florida (@PBRFlorida) April 3, 2023

Just like the previous innings, a go-ahead run was immediately answered by a game tying run. Nick Banner doubled to lead off  the 4th and was driven in by Tristan Head. An additional run was scored on a wild pitch to give Benjamin back the lead. Johnny Havlicek came in relief for the Buccaneers and worked 3 innings of shutout relief. Working out of a couple jams along the way. 

Johnny Havlicek ‘26 - LHP

6’3 170

Intriguing ‘26 arm w/ long lean frame.

Worked mostly in the low 80s w/ more velo to come

Above average feel for CH. Lots of uncomfortable swings

One to keep an eye on going forward ? pic.twitter.com/WkS9sR0vOK

— Connor Holdren (@ConnorHoldren_) April 3, 2023

Jackson Miller would continue to stay hot and doubled to lead off the 6th inning and then later scored on a Tristan Head sac-fly. Walker Buchanan also doubled in the inning and was driven in by Rocco Gaeta to give Benjamin a 7-4 lead. 

Walker Buchanan ‘23 - 1B

6’4 200

The @UVABaseball commit shows off the bat speed here. Gets the barrel out and laces one down the LF line pic.twitter.com/xPYH2WikFH

— Connor Holdren (@ConnorHoldren_) April 3, 2023

Tristan Head came in to close out the game and worked a clean 1-2-3 inning to earn the save.

‘23 @UVABaseball commit Tristan Head comes in pumping 91s to close things out for The Benjamin School

Sat 88-91, worked a clean 1-2-3 7th for the save pic.twitter.com/Y4O67nb0PM

— Connor Holdren (@ConnorHoldren_) April 3, 2023

Final 

Benjamin School - 7

Jupiter Christian - 4

WP: Johnny Havlicek 3IP 5Ks 0R

Top Performers:

Benjamin School 

Jackson Miller 2-3 HR 2B 4R

Tristan Head 2RBI 1IP S

Walker Buchanan RBI 2B BB

Freddie Beruvides RBI

Jupiter Christian

Andrew Seymour 2B

Gabe Roque 2BB R

Nolan Feyereisen RBI R

Sam Martorella 2-4

Brandon Roberts 2B