Baseball Recap: Deer Park Victorious

Wildcats

Margin (Wins)

04/28/26 @ Shroder Paideia Academy	10
05/19/25 vs Riverview East Academy	12

Deer Park not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since May 19, 2025 (when they won 14-2). Everything went their way against the Shroder Paideia Academy Jaguars as they made off with a 14-4 win. The Wildcats have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Jaguars, too.

Kayden Heffner made a splash while hitting and pitching. He pitched four innings while giving up three earned runs off three hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with three runs and one RBI.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Blayke Kellerman, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs and one double. Mikey Brewer also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Deer Park's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-13. As for Shroder Paideia Academy, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-6.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Deer Park will host Taylor at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Shroder Paideia Academy, they will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Spencer Center at 5:00 p.m. The Wolfpack have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed nine runs per game on average), something the Jaguars will no doubt try to take advantage of.