Baseball super seven
Records through Wednesday
1. Land O’Lakes (15-2): The Gators are no longer perfect, but maybe those two losses in Ocala will take some pressure off. Land O’Lakes has two big non-district games next week, against Wiregrass Ranch and Springstead.
2. Mitchell (16-3): The Mustangs’ six-game win streak includes the championship from last week’s Northeast tournament and convincing district wins over Tarpon Springs and Sunlake.
3. Springstead (11-4): The Eagles boast one of the area’s top pitching staffs. Brandon Brosher, Ryan Nicoll, Ryan Keith and Kody Stein all have ERAs of 1.35 or better.
4. Hernando (11-4): Florida commit Christian Arroyo still isn’t flashy, but he’s among the North Suncoast’s leaders with three home runs and a .526 average while committing only three errors in the infield.
5. Wiregrass Ranch (11-6): The Bulls had dropped four of their past five games before rebounding nicely thanks to Zach and Austin Drury, who led Wiregrass to a 4-3 win over Gaither on Tuesday.
6. Pasco (11-6): The Pirates haven’t lost a district game since their opener against Wesley Chapel. Blaine Duncan has become one of the county’s top pitchers (5-0 record, 1.28 ERA, 71 strikeouts).
7. Wesley Chapel (13-5): Ace Chase Ingram continues to dominate. Fivay broke up his no-hitter with two outs in the seventh inning in Tuesday’s 8-0 win over the Falcons.
Statistics
Batting
(minimum 25 at-bats)
Player, school AB H BA
J. Nissen, LOL 47 26 .553
C. Arroyo, Her 38 20 .526
V. Tambasco, NCT 61 31 .508
K. Custer, WC 42 21 .500
B. Brosher, Spr 40 20 .500
M. Campoamor, WR 48 21 .438
J. Heinrich, RR 53 23 .434
T. Imhoff, WC 49 21 .429
T. Sorrentino, Cen 47 20 .426
S. Ferreiras, WC 26 11 .423
A. Drury, WR 58 24 .414
A. Rainaldi, Pas 51 21 .412
D. Harris, LOL 54 22 .407
D. Dious, Pas 52 21 .404
J. Jeffords, Spr 35 14 .400
M. Begg, Mit 63 25 .397
Home runs
4: Begg (Mit); 3: Arroyo (Her), Koch (BM), Brosher (Spr), Wyzykowski (Spr), DeJesus (Mit), Goscicki (Mit), Thomas (Zep); 2: Whitaker (LOL), Woodward (RR), Z. Drury (WR), A. Drury (WR), Johnson (Mit), Stancil (Pas), Rainaldi (Pas), Brooks (NCT), Tambasco (NCT), Mettler (Fiv)
RBIs
24: Johnson (Mit); 22: DeJesus (Mit); 20: Begg (Mit); 19: Goscicki (Mit); 18: Whitaker (LOL), Z. Drury (WR); 17: Reynolds (LOL), Wyzykowski (Spr); 16: Brosher (Spr), Imhoff (WC), Arrowood (Rwd), Brooks (NCT); 15: Nissen (LOL), Falk (BM); 14: Dious (Pas), Custer (WC), Vito (Rwd), Mettler (Fiv); 13: Harris (LOL), Hart (Mit), M. Campoamor (WR), Moschner (Rwd), Macaluso (Rwd), Rainaldi (Pas), Stancil (Pas), Laudano (NCT), Koch (BM); 12: Johnson (Her), McCormick (Mit), Cottilletta (Spr), M. Guzmman (WR), Johnson (Pas), Dwyer (Cen), Tambasco (NCT), K. Faulkner (Fiv), Heinrich (RR)
Pitching
(minimum 10 innings)
Player, school IP W-L ERA
B. Lawson, Her 29 5-0 0.48
M. Campoamor, WR 11 2-0 0.64
B. Brosher, Spr 26.1 3-0 0.80
R. Nicoll, Spr 15.2 2-0 0.89
T. Ficarro, Rwd 13.2 1-0 1.02
C. Ingram, WC 54 7-0 1.04
B. Hloska, Mit 12 3-0 1.17
B. Duncan, Pas 38.1 5-0 1.28
D. Castillo, Sun 38.1 3-2 1.28
N. Pearson, BM 16 1-1 1.31
K. Stein, Spr 20.2 0-2 1.35
C. McCormick, Mit 39.2 5-0 1.41
Z. Drury, WR 39.2 5-4 1.41
T. Koch, BM 40 2-3 1.58
T. Hawks, RR 31 3-1 1.58
C. Johnson, Mit 44 6-2 1.59
R. Girard, WR 22.1 2-1 1.88
Strikeouts
83: Ingram (WC); 71: Duncan (Pas); 70: Z. Drury (WR); 68: Johnson (Mit); 53: Castillo (Sun); 51: Lawson (Her); 50: McCormick (Mit); 49: Brosher (Spr), Tambasco (NCT); 43: Koch (BM); 39: Whitaker (LOL); 38: Heinrich (RR); 36: Arrowood (Rwd); 35: Bauer (WW); 33: Brooks (NCT), Nussel (BM); 30: McKenna (Cen), Lake (NCT); 28: Hloska (Rwd), Hawks (RR); 27: Mattos (Fiv), Gold (Zep); 25: A. Drury (WR), Goodwin (Zep)