10U Super25 Florida Super Qualifier
April 22, 2018
8:00 AM – Team Miami improved to 2-1 in pool play with a big 5-3 win over the Gulf Coast Monarchs. Gabriel Mestre fired 3.1 innings and recorded 7 strikeouts for Team Miami, while Sean Santos went a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with 2 runs scored and an RBI. Nicholas Raber had a triple, run scored and 2 RBI for the Monarchs.
5 Star National Warner Robins got a complete game effort from Weten Ard in a 13-0 victory over the East Coast Knights. Ard had 6 strikeouts and allowed just one hit in 4 shutout innings. Brandon Mercer (2-for-3, 3B, 2 R, RBI) and Ethan Buffone (1-for-2, 2B, 3 R, 3 RBI) paced 5 Star National offensively.
10:00 AM - Team Miami rounded out pool play with a 10-0 run rule victory over the East Coast Knights. Team Miami accumulated 7 hits in 2 innings, and were led by Jonathan Paniagua, Yovan Martinez and Aj Cruz who each had a hit and 2 RBI. Team Miami finished with a 3-1 record in pool play and now advances to the Championship Game.
Madden Geiger tallied 10 strikeouts in a complete game win to help the Kangaroo Court Roos to a 5-2 victory over 5 Star National Warner Robbins. Richard Stegbauer was 2-for-3 with a run scored while Jordan Pfau recorded a hit, run scored and 2 RBI to push the Roos pool play record to 3-0. Drew White and Connor Langdon each recorded 2 hits in the loss.
12:00 PM - Mateu Dalmau was a standout on the mound and at the dish for the Kangaroo Court Roos in a 8-0 run-rule win over the Gulf Coast Monarchs. Dalmau pitched 4 shutout innings with 4 strikeouts, while going a perfect 2-for-2 at the plate with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI. Danilo Soto added a triple, run scored and an RBI for the Roos, and William Freshwater was 2-for-2 for the Monarchs in the loss.
Championship - Team Miami captured an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning after a two out single from Francis Garcia, followed by an RBI triple off the bat of Jonathan Paniagua. Paniagua was also the starting pitcher for Team Miami and fired two shutout innings with two strikeouts. Yovan Martinez followed Paniagua with 4 scoreless innings of relief and fanned 4 Kangaroo Court batters. Team Miami added another run in the top of the third inning for a final score of 2-0. Rhys Brush was outstanding in relief for the Kangaroo Court Roos, limiting Team Miami to no runs and just 1 hit over the final 3 innings.
Madden Geiger of the Kangaroo Court Roos was named the tournament's MVPitcher after compiling a 1-0 record with 11 strikeouts and allowed just 1 run in 6.1 innings for a 1.10 ERA.
Juan "JC" Velazco of Team Miami was named the tournament MVP after finishing the weekend 6-for-7, good for a tournament best .857 average with a triple, 3 RBI and 4 stolen bases.