USA HTX Holds Off Puerto Rico 6-5 | Coastal Classic Baseball

January 4 2026 USA HTX built a six-run lead and held on for a 6-5 win over Puerto Rico in a seven-inning game. USA HTX finished with six runs on 10 hits and committed two errors while Puerto Rico scored five runs on six hits without an error.

USA HTX scored two runs in each of the third fourth and fifth innings to move ahead 6-0. That cushion proved decisive after Puerto Rico answered with four runs in the sixth and one more in the seventh before the comeback fell short.

Reed Seely led the USA HTX offense with a double and two RBIs while Luis Pollerena went 2-for-2 with two walks an RBI and a run. Adolf Castillo and Joseph Gusman also had two hits apiece and Gusman drove in a run. Blake Grellhesl E. Simon and Pollerena each added an RBI and Simon had a double.

Mario Moralez gave USA HTX five scoreless innings allowing two hits and one walk with five strikeouts. Garrett Villa worked the final two innings and allowed one run on three hits with one walk and one strikeout. For Puerto Rico Joseph Roque went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs and Ricardo Sanchez added two hits an RBI and a run.