Viera vs. Dwyer in FHSAA 6A state baseball semifinal
Viera High fell, 8-0, to second-seeded Dwyer in an FHSAA Class 6A semifinal game in Ft. Myers' Hammond Stadium on Thursday.
Dwyer (21-7-1) will play Buchholz on Saturday for the championship. The Hawks, the third seed in the state tournament, ended their season at 17-12. Buchholz defeated Bloomingdale, 12-0 in the first semifinal of the day.
Dwyer pitcher Nick Rovitti reached 101 strikeouts for the season with his complete game shutout. The Panthers pounded out 13 hits.
Jackson Miller, who homered for Dwyer in the first inning, added a one-out double in the second. He then stole third and came home when the throw to third went into the outfield. The 3-0 lead sent the Panthers well on their way to the program's first title game appearance.
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Hawks starter Brennan Confreda surrendered the homer by Miller and later walked in a run in the bottom of the first. The Hawks got their first of five hits, by Zak Al-Arashi, in the top of the second, but he was stranded.
Caden Jensen came in to pitch to start the third inning for Viera, and he got out of the inning quickly. In the fourth, a Kody Morgan single brought home the fourth run for Dwyer. A Dom Pecoraro sacrifice fly in the fifth brought home another, and he drove in another with an RBI single in the sixth. Max Abrams added an RBI in the next at bat.
Jensen left after walking in a run in the bottom of the sixth.
The game was delayed by weather. Scheduled for 1 p.m., the first pitch came about five hours later.
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