Here are Orlando area high school scores and top performers from Monday, May 20:

Baseball

FHSAA STATE TOURNAMENT 

At Hammond Stadium, Fort Myers

CLASS 2A semifinals

St. Johns Country Day 5, Northside Christian 4

Buzz: The Spartans (24-6) scored twice in the bottom of the 7th inning to advance to Wednesday’s final.

Miami Christian 9, The First Academy 2 

Buzz: Blake Fields went 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored for the Royals (24-7) in the loss while Will Dizney added a single, run scored and an RBI.

Tuesday’s schedule:

CLASS 3A semifinals

Bishop Verot (25-5) vs. North Broward Prep (26-3), 10 a.m.

Trinity Christian (24-6) vs. Westminster Christian (24-4), 1 p.m.

CLASS 4A semifinals

Mulberry (19-9) vs. Cardinal Gibbons (23-4-2), 4 p.m.

Merritt Island (24-5) vs. South Walton (20-10), 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s schedule:

CLASS 2A championship

Miami Christian (22-4) vs. St. Johns Country Day (24-6), 2 p.m.

Softball

FHSAA TOURNAMENT

At Legends Way Ballfields, Clermont

Tuesday’s schedule:

CLASS 2A semifinals

Academy at the Lakes (19-11) vs. Evangelical Christian (26-2), 11 a.m.

Fort Pierce Carroll (24-6) vs. University Christian (18-7), 1 p.m.

CLASS 3A semifinals

Montverde Academy (26-4) vs. Somerset Charter (22-6-1), 3 p.m.

Calvary Christian (22-5) vs. Baldwin (29-1), 5 p.m.

Wednesday’s schedule:

CLASS 2A

Championship, 4 p.m.

CLASS 3A

Championship, 7 p.m.

CLASS 4A semifinals

Eustis (24-2) vs. Labelle (24-6), 11 a.m.

American Heritage-Plantation (18-10) vs. Baker County (20-5), 1 p.m.

Varsity content editor Buddy Collings can be contacted by email at bcollings@orlandosentinel.com. 

MIAMI — Josh Bell singled with the bases loaded in the 10th inning to give the Miami Marlins a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.

Christian Bethancourt’s sacrifice bunt against reliever Mitch White (1-1) advanced automatic runner Vidal Brujan to third. Jazz Chisholm Jr. was intentionally walked and stole second. Bryan De La Cruz drew an intentional walk before Bell hit a grounder to right field that scored Brujan.

Tanner Scott (4-4) allowed a leadoff walk to Christian Yelich in the top of the 10th. Joey Ortiz’s sacrifice bunt advanced courtesy runner Brice Turang and Yelich before Scott struck out Willy Adames and retired Gary Sánchez on a flyout to medium center.

The NL Central-leading Brewers used seven relievers after starter Joe Ross left after the first inning because of a low back strain.

Yelich stole two bases, including his first career theft of home.

Miami tied it at 2-all on Otto López’s RBI single off Trevor Megill in the ninth. Nick Gordon hit a two-out single, then stole second before López hit a bloop single to right.

Marlins starter Ryan Weathers kept Milwaukee hitless until Andruw Monasterio’s solo shot with two outs in the fifth that broke a scoreless tie. The drive by Monasterio sailed above Miami center fielder Chisholm’s leap at the wall.

Yelich drew a one-out walk against Weathers in the sixth, then stole second and advanced to third on catcher Nick Fortes’ throwing error. During Adames’ at-bat, Yelich gradually extended his lead before sprinting for the plate and beating Fortes’ tag.

Gordon’s RBI single in the seventh narrowed the deficit.

Weathers was lifted after seven innings of two-run ball. The left-hander gave up two hits, walked three and and struck out eight.

The Brewers recalled right-handed pitcher Bradley Blalock from Double-A Biloxi and designated right-hander reliever Thyago Vieira for assignment.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Brewers: Reinstated OF Joey Wiemer (right knee discomfort) from the 10-day injured list and optioned OF Chris Roller to Triple-A Nashville. … 1B Rhys Hoskins (right hamstring strain) is with the team and participated in running drills before the game.

Marlins: RHP JT Chargois (neck spasms) is schedule to appear in a rehab game with Triple-A Jacksonville on Tuesday. … INF Xavier Edwards (left foot infection) went 3-for-7 over two rehab games with Jacksonville Saturday and Sunday.

UP NEXT

LHP Robert Gasser (2-0, 0.00) will start the middle game of the series for the Brewers on Tuesday while LHP Trevor Rogers (1-6, 5.79) will go for the Marlins.

DeVante Parker, the former Miami Dolphins wide receiver and first-round draft pick, has retired.

Parker, who spent his first seven NFL seasons with the Dolphins, was just more than two months removed from signing with the Philadelphia Eagles this offseason. However, as teams across the league get going with organized team activities ahead of the 2024 season, he decided to call it a career instead.

The 31-year-old cited wanting to spend more time with his children to ESPN as his reasoning for the decision.

Parker, although often battling injuries, never had a season where he played fewer than double-digit games. He was a 6-foot-3 possession receiver who wouldn’t create much separation but could use his frame to make catches over defenders.

Parker totaled 338 receptions for 4,727 yards and 27 touchdowns in his seven seasons with the Dolphins after they drafted the Louisville product with the No. 14 pick in 2015. His best campaign came in 2019, when he posted career highs of 72 catches, 1,202 yards and nine touchdowns.

In the 2022 offseason, Miami traded him and a fifth-round pick within the division to the New England Patriots for a third-round draft selection. It came as the Dolphins brought in star wideout Tyreek Hill via trade with the Kansas City Chiefs to lead the receiving corps.

Following two nondescript seasons with the Patriots, he was released March 11 and then signed by the Eagles the next day.

GAINESVILLE — The end of Jac Caglianone’s record-setting run is set to arrive like one of the towering lefty’s 98-mph fastballs — fast and a bit unpredictable.

Perhaps the best two-year stretch in program history has been a blur for the 21-year-old two-way star and Gator Nation, led by his two biggest fans.

Jeff and Johanne Caglianone have shared a front-row seat for their son’s improbable journey, rarely missing a game at home or away.

“It’s really kind of surreal for us,” Jeff told the Orlando Sentinel. “He’s had success at a lot of levels, but you never envision what he’s been able to do.”

Against all odds, Jac Caglianone wants to keep on going during the postseason, beginning Tuesday at the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala. The 9th-seeded Gators (28-26) face No. 8 Vanderbilt (35-20) with the winner advancing to the double-elimination championship bracket and the loser going home.

A season after coming one win shy against LSU of a College World Series title, Florida has struggled despite Caglianone’s efforts at the plate and on the mound.

“It’s frustrating,” his father said. “He can be torn at times — ‘I’m having success.’ But it’s not as important when we’re not winning. That sounds cliché, I get it. But he really wants the team to succeed.”

The 6-foot-5, 250-pound Caglianone has endured soul-crushing losses, outsized expectations, the omnipresent spotlight and the focus of every UF foe to produce another historic individual season.

“He walks on the field, and he’s the biggest and strongest guy on either team,” coach Kevin O’Sullivan said. “You’re being singled out. You can feel like you’re on an island.

“It’s not easy.”

Yet Caglianone is batting .413, currently third in school history, with 29 home runs, 4 shy of his 2023 record 33, and has a slugging percentage of .851, well ahead of Matt LaPorta’s school record .817 in  2007. During a 9-4 loss last Thursday at Georgia, Caglianone’s hit streak ended at 30 games, tied for the school record.

If Florida, which sits No. 24 in the RPI, picks up some wins at the SECs and slips into the NCAAs, he’ll have a shot to break LaPorta’s record 74 homers set from 2004-07. After all, Caglianone has 10 multi-homer games and this season tied the NCAA record with 9 straight games with a home run.

Despite prodigious power, he has a possible future as a pitcher, earning him the nickname Jac-tani — a nod to MLB star Shohei Ohtani. 

UF’s most consistent hurler on a struggling staff, Caglianone is 5-1 with a 4.35 ERA and 68 strikeouts in 62 innings. While control can be an issue — he’s allowed 44 walks — he’s developed a change-up to pair with a blistering fastball.

Whatever the future holds, Caglianone is a projected top-5 pick with options.

“He’s been asked that question I don’t know how many times,” Jeff Cagilanone said. “He can do both.” 

Jac Caglianone’s passion and penchant for baseball were evident early on and nurtured by a father who played the game, including two seasons at Stetson University.

Jeff coached Jac from age 3 in T-ball at the YMCA until he reached Plant High School.

“I wanted him to hear a different voice,” Jeff said.

But until college, father and son continued to spend hours on the game’s fine points during hitting drills and strategy sessions, developing Caglianone’s high baseball IQ.

“We’ve worked situations,” Jeff said. “You have a place to be — no matter what position you play — on every pitch. He was always working on something as opposed to see how far he could hit.”

The evening routine became predictable.

Jac would come home from practice, eat dinner and head to the field with Jeff, a managing partner at a Tampa law firm.

“He was always like, ‘Dad can we go hit?’ ’’ Johanne recalled. “[Jeff] never said no, because he said, one day I won’t be able to do this.”

When Caglianone fulfilled his childhood dream and signed with UF, where Tampa Plant legend Preston Tucker starred a decade earlier, Jeff and Johanne became season-ticket holders and fixtures at the top of the lower bowl along the first-base line at UF’s Condron Family Ballpark.

When their son is pitching, those prime seats are often empty.

“It’s hard; you want him to do well,” Johanne said. “You just hold your breath.”

While Caglianone threw during the Gators’ regular-season finale, Mom nervously paced the concourse. Meanwhile, Dad was a ghost.

“I don’t know where he is,” Johanne said.

But once the game ended with a 7-5 loss to Kentucky, Caglianone rose to the occasion amid the disappointment in his final home game.

None of the fans who lined up for his autograph left disappointed. Later outside the ballpark, a girl in braces flashed a big smile wearing a No. 14 jersey with Caglianone’s John Hancock on the back.

“A lot of the stuff he’s done on the field is great,” Jeff said, his eyes welling up. “But when we see him interact with the kids, we kind of get more satisfaction from that.”

Caglianone won’t sign another autograph or perform in Gainesville for UF fans. After leaving his home field for the final time, he reflected on the best days of his young life.

“Just playing in front of your home crowd, there’s nothing like it,” he said. “It’s been nothing but great for me and my family. They love it.

“I’m going to miss it all.”

Edgar Thompson can be reached at egthompson@orlandosentinel.com