Baseball Recap: Berkeley Prep Takes Down Carrollwood Day in a Playoff Battle

Buccaneers

Previous 3 Games

04/28/25 vs Carrollwood Day	4-1
04/22/25 @ Community School of Naples	6-4
04/21/25 @ Community School of Naples	10-0

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Berkeley Prep had no problem doing just that on Monday. They walked away with a 4-1 win over the Carrollwood Day Patriots. The victory was familiar territory for the Buccaneers, who have now won three contests in a row.

Carrollwood Day's batters probably weren't too happy with Rivers Kurland, who pitched a no hitter and racked up eight Ks (he gave up zero walks). Kurland has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in 12 consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Josh Herrmann, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Jett Walters, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and one run.

Berkeley Prep hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Carrollwood Day struck out eight times.

Berkeley Prep's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-8. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Carrollwood Day, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-9.

Berkeley Prep will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Patriots: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.