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The Benjamin (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Jupiter Christian (Jupiter, FL) by a score of 2-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Jupiter Christian	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1
Benjamin	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Benjamin (25-26)

Jupiter Christian

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H
	Team Totals	.091	25	22	1	2
6	Stephen Eusey (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0
8	Kam Chesney (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0
9	Crosby Sateren (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0
11	Kyle Valcich (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1
14	J.D. Whitaker (So)	.000	3	1	0	0
16	Matt Kutsukos (So)	.000	3	3	1	0
18	Harrison Craft (So)	.000	3	2	0	0
25	C. Gerena (So)	.000	2	2	0	0
27	Brady Gelb (So)	.500	2	2	0	1

Benjamin

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.238	26	21	2	5	2	1
3	Gus Doskey	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
5	CJ Soto	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
7	Nate Swank (So)		0	0	1	0	0	0
8	Luke Taplett	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
15	David Venoff	1.000	3	2	0	2	1	0
17	Johnny Havlicek	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
24	Derek Rubin	.000	3	1	1	0	0	0
25	Brandon Owens	.500	3	2	0	1	0	1
28	Myles Reid	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
32	Logan Buchanan	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0

Jupiter Christian

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	2	10	1	1	6	.167	.091	.258
6	Stephen Eusey (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
8	Kam Chesney (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
9	Crosby Sateren (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
11	Kyle Valcich (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
14	J.D. Whitaker (So)	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
16	Matt Kutsukos (So)	0	0	2	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
18	Harrison Craft (So)	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
25	C. Gerena (So)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
27	Brady Gelb (So)	0	0	1	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000

Benjamin

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	2	5	1	2	4	.333	.286	.619
3	Gus Doskey	0	0	1	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
5	CJ Soto	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
8	Luke Taplett	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
15	David Venoff	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
24	Derek Rubin	0	1	1	1	0	0	.667	.000	.667
25	Brandon Owens	1	0	0	0	1	2	.500	1.000	1.500
28	Myles Reid	0	0	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
32	Logan Buchanan	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000

Jupiter Christian

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
16	Matt Kutsukos (So)	1

Baserunning

Benjamin has not entered any baserunning stats.

Jupiter Christian

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E	DP
	Team Totals	.950	20	19	1	1
6	Stephen Eusey (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
8	Kam Chesney (Fr)	1.000	6	6	0	0
11	Kyle Valcich (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
12	C. Tilleson (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
14	J.D. Whitaker (So)	1.000	4	4	0	1
16	Matt Kutsukos (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
18	Harrison Craft (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
27	Brady Gelb (So)	.500	2	1	1	0

Benjamin

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	29	21	8
5	CJ Soto	1.000	1	1	0
8	Luke Taplett	1.000	2	1	1
15	David Venoff	1.000	10	8	2
17	Johnny Havlicek	1.000	3	2	1
24	Derek Rubin	1.000	1	0	1
25	Brandon Owens	1.000	6	5	1
28	Myles Reid	1.000	4	2	2
32	Logan Buchanan	1.000	2	2	0

Jupiter Christian

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP	GS
	Team Totals	1.11	1	.000	2	1
14	J.D. Whitaker (So)	21.00	1	.000	1
18	Harrison Craft (So)	0.00	0		1	1

Benjamin

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	APP
	Team Totals	1
8	Luke Taplett	1
17	Johnny Havlicek	1

Jupiter Christian

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6.1	4	2	1	2	5	26	23
14	J.D. Whitaker (So)	.1	2	1	1	0	0	3	3
18	Harrison Craft (So)	6	2	1	0	2	5	23	20

Benjamin

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	2	1	2	10	25	23
8	Luke Taplett	1	0	0	0	0	3	3
17	Johnny Havlicek	6	2	1	2	10	22	20

Jupiter Christian

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.174	.269	1	85
14	J.D. Whitaker (So)	.667	.667	0	9
18	Harrison Craft (So)	.100	.217	1	76

Benjamin

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.087	.160	96	1
8	Luke Taplett	.000	.000	10	0
17	Johnny Havlicek	.100	.182	86	1

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Game Story

Florida High School Baseball - Jupiter Christian edged by Benjamin

March 5, 2026: Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418

Benjamin Buccaneers (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) followers left the game pleased Thursday as they observed their baseball squad nip the visiting Jupiter Christian Eagles (Jupiter, FL), 2-1 in a non-league match.

With the triumph, Benjamin moves its record to 5-6 on the season. The Buccaneers travel to Martin County (Stuart, FL) to battle the Tigers in a non-league match on Tuesday, March 10. The Tigers come into the match with a record of 8-2. Martin County lost 2-0 in their recent non-league match against Merritt Island (Merritt Island, FL)

The Eagles now possess a 4-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Somerset Academy - Canyons for a non-league game on Tuesday, March 10. Jupiter Christian will play a Cougars team coming off a 13-6 non-league loss to King's Academy (West Palm Beach, FL). The Cougars record now stands at 3-9.

JCHS @ Benjamin Baseball Game Info

Thu., Mar. 5, 2026 @ 3:30p

The Benjamin (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Jupiter Christian (Jupiter, FL) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Jupiter Christian (25-26)

FL	Class
417	31

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
10-11	0-1	5-1	5-10	.476	.000	144	135

Benjamin (25-26)

FL	Class
254	42

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
11-11	1-4	8-4	2-5	1-2	.500	.200	98	121

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Jupiter Christian	.7	1.5	.5	1.2	.8	.8	2.5	1.0	6.9	7.7	1.9
Benjamin	.9	.7	.2	1.0	.3	1.1	.6	-	4.5	4.7	1.7

Team Stat Comparison

Jupiter Christian		Benjamin
.315	Batting Average	.222
.421	On Base Percentage	.340
.442	Slugging Percentage	.284
.904	Fielding Percentage	.931
.476	Win Loss Percentage	.250

Team Leaders

Jupiter Christian		Benjamin	National Avg.
#18 Harrison Craft.449	Batting Average	#44 Connor Buchanan1.000	.244
#15 Liam Dlabik.571	On Base Percentage	#16 Daniel Owens1.000	.386
#15 Liam Dlabik.733	Slugging Percentage	#44 Connor Buchanan1.000	.313
#12 Christian Tilleson1.000	Fielding Percentage	#15 David Venoff1.000	.859
#16 Matt Kutsukos1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#2 Brady Davis1.000	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Jupiter Christian	2-4		Benjamin	4-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/12/26	Jupiter Christian	Saint Andrew's	(L) 12-1	2/24/26	Benjamin	Saint Andrew's	(L) 7-4
3/3/26	Jupiter Christian	Royal Palm Beach	(W) 5-3	4/6/26	Royal Palm Beach	Benjamin	(W) 3-2
3/17/26	Suncoast	Jupiter Christian	(L) 10-9	4/2/26	Suncoast	Benjamin	(W) 2-0
3/25/26	Jupiter Christian	Jensen Beach	(L) 10-3	3/4/26	Jensen Beach	Benjamin	(W) 9-5
3/31/26	Jupiter Christian	Martin County	(L) 10-0	3/10/26	Benjamin	Martin County	(L) 5-1
4/6/26	Santaluces	Jupiter Christian	(W) 8-2	2/13/26	Santaluces	Benjamin	(W) 12-0

Record Breakdown

Jupiter Christian (25-26)		Benjamin (25-26)
10-11	Overall	11-11
0-1	League	1-4
8-7	Non-League	9-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-4	Common Opponent	4-2
5-1	Home	8-4
5-10	Away	2-5
0-0	Neutral	1-2
2-3	Playoff	0-1
10-11	In-State	11-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0