PSA baseball team has successful trip to South Carolina
Myrtle Beach is the epicenter of the Grand Strand- a 60-mile stretch of beaches. If runs were measured in beach miles, the Putnam Science Academy baseball team would nearly cover the Strand.
The team scored a total of 54 runs in South Carolina to open the 2026 season, averaging 9 runs a game, returning home with a 6-0 record. The offensive explosion was by design, according to Justin DeJesus. “Everybody was on the go, nobody was taking bad takes. We were ready to swing and it worked out for us.” The strong showing by the team has instilled great confidence up and down the roster, according to DeJesus. “We played great out there and I feel like that started a good season for us,” said DeJesus.
The pitching staff was outstanding, to say the least. Jacob Mondo threw 5 perfect innings, with 6 strikeouts, for the Mustangs in the 13-0 win against West Greene High School last Thursday. Andres Jurado followed that up by stifling the Jefferson-Morgan offense in 4 innings of work. Jurado gave up 0 runs and struck out 6 in his outing. In Game 1 against West Greene High School, an 18-2 Putnam Science Academy win, Omar Rodriguez kept the pristine pitching performances going with a 4-inning, 10-strikeout performance. During the six-games the Mustangs played Jayson Serrano learned the team is only scratching the surface of what it can become throughout the season. “We have a really good team overall. We worked a lot together, there’s definitely a lot of chemistry. There’s so much more we could do better as a team. But, so far, for the first 6 games it looks great,” Serrano said. The key to driving this success forward, according to Serrano, is to not underestimate the opponents ahead for the Mustangs. As well as the basics, “to play hard every game. If we have the chance to mercy every team that we play, we’ll try our best to accomplish that goal.”
By Ben Heacox
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