Baseball Recap: Lecanto Finds Playoff Glory Versus Cypress Creek

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Lecanto had no problem doing just that on Monday. Everything went their way against the Cypress Creek Coyotes as they made off with a 9-0 victory. This was a revenge game for the Panthers: when they faced off against the Coyotes back in March, they had to take a 6-5 defeat.

Dylan Czerwinski

Hits Against

02/28/25 @ Citrus	9
02/13/25 vs River Ridge	5
02/21/25 vs Springstead	4
04/07/25 @ The Villages Charter	3
03/07/25 vs Hernando	3
+ 4 more games

The result came thanks to Dylan Czerwinski's shutout, as he gave up just a hit and racked up eight Ks. He is becoming a predictor of Lecanto's success: when he allows at most one hit the team is undefeated (and 5-16 when he doesn't).

On the hitting side, Luke Pitzer was a standout: he scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Brenden Marcic, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.

Lecanto has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-16 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Cypress Creek, their loss dropped their record down to 13-10.

Looking ahead, Lecanto will face off against Wesley Chapel at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Wildcats' pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so the Panthers' hitters will have their work cut out for them. Cypress Creek does not have any more games scheduled as of now.