Baseball Recap: Belen Jesuit Takes Down Merritt Island in a Playoff Battle

Wolverines

Previous 3 Games

04/28/25 @ Merritt Island	3-0
04/24/25 vs Eau Gallie	1-0
04/22/25 @ Eau Gallie	7-6

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Belen Jesuit had no problem doing just that on Monday. They never let the Merritt Island Mustangs get on the board and left with a 3-0 win. The victory was nothing new for the Wolverines as they're now sitting on three straight.

Belen Jesuit got a great performance from Marcelo Llorente as he didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched.

On the hitting side, Peter Lopez was excellent, going 1-for-3 with one home run and three RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since April 2nd.

The win got Belen Jesuit back to even at 15-15. As for Merritt Island, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 23-7.

Belen Jesuit will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Mustangs: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.