Baseball Game Preview: Duval Charter Panthers vs. Harvest Community Warriors

The Duval Charter Panthers will be defending their home field for the first time this season when they go up against the Harvest Community Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Duval Charter is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.

Duval Charter was handed a eight-run loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Old Plank Christian Academy, sneaking past 5-3. The Panthers haven't had any issues with the Defenders recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.

Michael Grimaldi

Batters Struck Out (Career)

02/25/25 @ Old Plank Christian Academy	13
03/08/24 @ Parker	8
02/11/25 @ Parker	5
03/07/24 vs Ribault	2

Duval Charter got a great performance from Michael Grimaldi as he struck out 13 batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. Those 13 strikeouts gave Grimaldi a new career-high.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Jack Pergament, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Josh Pick, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.

Meanwhile, Harvest Community lost 14-3 to First Coast Christian on Monday.

Harvest Community saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jonathan Drost, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

Duval Charter now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Harvest Community, they now have a losing record of 2-3.

Harvest Community's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Duval Charter hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having got 0 of their hits per game. It's a different story for Harvest Community, though, as they've only got 0 of their hits this season. Will they be able to contain Duval Charter's hitters? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.