Pembroke Pines Charter Shocks Doral Academy
The Pembroke Pines Charter Jaguars have caught fire lately, and on Tuesday night they earned a big win over an established contender with a 9-1 decision over the Doral Academy Firebirds. Pines Charter got a great performance from the pitching, and the offense pounded out eight hits and 16 base runners.
Doral (12-1) falls for this first time this season. Meanwhile, the Jaguars have now won three straight to get their record back to even at 6-6.
“This team has played way over expectations and stuff,” Doral Manager Ralph Suarez said. “At the end of the day, I’ve told people before we’re really young this year and there’s going to be stretches we’re going to look very good, and there will be stretches we’re going to look bad. Unfortunately, today we walked in guys and we didn’t have any big hits. We left a lot of guys on base, and that’s part of baseball.”
Nearly every Jaguar starter reached base to contribute at the plate, as the team had eight hits and Pines Charter also drew a total of nine walks.
After Pines Charter opened the scoring with two runs in the second it added on with runs in every further inning. Jack Anthony Hernandez went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBI to lead the way, and Liam Caban reached base four times in going 1-for-1 with three walks and two runs.
“We played a complete game today. It was just a big win for our team, and for the coaching staff that have been working very hard to get better every single day,” Jaguars Manager Carlos Iglesias said. “This is just a big win, and after the game we told them, ‘hey, let’s enjoy now and then get back to practice tomorrow and get ready for the next game’. But it was definitely a big win for us – just a complete game, hitting, defense and pitching.”
Iglesias felt as though the pitching set the tone for the day, and the hitters were eager to do their part in support.
“Our pitching was outstanding,” Iglesias said. “Dean Jaworski pitched six innings and only allowed one run and had seven strikeout. Dean has been here for the last three years, and he’s a senior this year, and the team responded to him. When he’s on the mound, the team knows that. The team just plays. I mean, the team put a win for him. They put a playoff showing for him.”
Junior catcher Jaivyn Francois had a solo home run for Doral to account for its lone run.
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