Xaverian, NY vs. Mullen, CO

Phoenix Hernandez showed a little bit of everything in today’s game.  He used a middle of the field approach once again sending a line drive back up the middle.  He put his athleticism on display making a great diving stop at shortstop, and also came into pitch in the seventh inning topping out at 83 mph.

Gabriel Madrid had a nice day at the plate picking himself up a couple of hits including an RBI double down the left field line.  Madrid swings on a linear, line drive swing plane and has quick hands.

Maverick Handley impressed again with his phenomenal defensive skills showing off premier arm strength and elite quickness behind the dish.  The Stanford commit has the ability to snap throw down to bases with the strength and speed most high school level players must load up to even come close to generating.  In his third at bat, his strength was shown off again hitting a laser pull side that was caught by the third basemen.

* Maverick Handley singled to right field in his first at bat and popped as low as 1.77 down to second base in game too as well.

Jake Barr picked up the game winning hit down the right field line to secure an exciting seventh inning win for Mullen.  Xaverian had picked up two runs in the top half of the inning after a hit by pitch and some timely hitting. 

Liberty Christian, TX vs. Desert Mountain, AZ

Starting pitcher and clean up hitter for Liberty Christian, Taylor Barber, showed a four-pitch mix tossing a very strong outing.  His fastball sat in the 83-85 mph range with a small breaking slider around 78 mph; he also mixed in a curveball and changeup.  Barber has a short arm circle through the back and consistently pounds low in the strike zone.  His ball showed good life and he did a nice job of staying composed.  Barber has a strong build, listed 6-1, 206 pounds and showed it off at the plate showing fly balls with some serious hang time.

Cale Hundley impressed with his speed down the line from the right side getting as low as 3.96 seconds on one sacrifice bunt attempt.  Hundley had two hits including a well hit ball through the 5.5 hole showing off some good pull side pop in his bat for his contact approach.  Hundley has a middle infielder’s build and some quick twitch athleticism that will play at the next level.

Left-handed pitcher Tristian Stockman did a nice job on the mound for Desert Mountain.  Stockman throws from a long arm action and generates downhill plane from a high three-quarters arm slot with good life on his fastball.  Stockman was able to get several hitters in the Liberty Christian lineup to strike up by climbing the ladder with his fastball which topped out at 84 mph.

2017 Jake Meyer hit a two-run home run to left field.  Meyer uses a pull side approach at the plate with ability to lift the baseball.  Behind the plate he does a nice job blocking pitches and popped as low a 2.00 second down to second, sitting in the 2.00 to 2.20 second range. 

Mullen, CO vs. Desert Mountain, AZ

Reid McLaughlin had a two RBI triple in which it only took him 12.13 seconds to fly around.  McLaughlin showed natural lift through the point of contact and good pop off the bat when getting extension.

Anthonly DeRogatis used some of his pull side power to double deep to the right field corner.  He did a nice job of turning his barrel when getting a pitch over the plate and showed good strength off the barrel. 

Trey Dillard is a very strong build kid with good size.  Normally a primary pitcher, Dillard played first base in the game and hit some very hard balls pull side.  It is worth noting, Dillard has been up to 92 mph in the past on multiple occasions.

Rocco Porreco homered to left field in his second at bat of the day.  Porreco is listed at 6-2, 190 pounds showing good size to play third base.