CARY, N.C. - On the first day of the 2025 13U/14U Athlete Development Program (ADP) at the National Training Complex in Cary, N.C., Team Eldridge and Team Miller battled under the clouds in a game that had it all.

Team Eldridge used 11 hits to bring in five runs, while Team Miller used three hits to bring home four. The mounds for both teams saw a combined 18 strikeouts, showcasing bright young arms.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Mattias DiMaggio got things started, scoring Team Eldridge’s first run of the game on an RBI single down the left field line.
• With the bases loaded from a walk and back-to-back singles, Sean Simon hit a sacrifice fly to even up the ball game in the second frame.
• Jackson Mcaneely recorded three strikeouts, giving up two hits and one earned run during his two-inning outing.
• Micah Delos Reyes went two innings of work, with the hurler only giving up two hits and picking up a pair of strikeouts.
• Calvin Madenspacher recorded the first extra-base hit in the top of the fifth, crushing a leadoff triple to deep right field.
• Kade Valdivia worked through a pair of hitless innings, picking up the highest strikeout total on the day at four.
• Following Madenspacher’s triple, Paris Head singled on a groundball to second, and Madenspacher scored off a throwing miscue, allowing Team Eldridge to take a one-run lead.
• Three straight baserunners from two singles and a defensive miscue scored three more runs for Team Eldridge. Carlo Rivero recorded a line drive single to center field, scoring Jack Mattingly, and David Lee singled on a line drive to left, scoring Wyatt Peabody after reaching base on the defensive miscue.
• Coming in for the bottom half of the seventh and going a clean inning with one strikeout, Christian Choe threw 11 pitches, seven of which were strikes.
• Nolan Bingham came in for the top of the eighth and immediately picked off the international tie-breaker runner, backpicking to first base. Bingham finished the inning, pitching to contact, getting a fly out and a pop out to cap off a scoreless eighth.

NOTABLE STATS:

• Valdivia finished with the highest strikeout total, recording four in two innings.
• Team Eldridge out-hit Team Miller 11-to-3.
• Of pitchers who threw 10 or more pitches for Team Miller, Michael Ohman had the highest strike percentage of 66%.
• DiMaggio and Rivero were the only two players to record multi-hit days, both notching two hits today.

TEAM INFORMATION

Both teams at the 2025 ADP are named after USA Baseball alums and former development program participants Bryce Eldridge and Aidan Miller. Eldridge, who was named USA Baseball’s 2022 Richard W. “Dick” Case Award winner, was a member of the 18U National Team that won gold at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Baseball World Cup in 2022. The young prospect was named WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup MVP and earned a spot on the All-World Team after his strong outing for Team USA. A year later, Eldridge was selected with the 16th overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants, where he is currently the No. 17 overall prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline. Prior to his stint with the 18U National Team, Eldridge participated in the 16U/17U National Team Development Program (NTDP) in 2021.

Miller is a three-time USA Baseball alum, as he was first a part of the 2016 12U National Team that won silver at the COPABE Pan Am “A” Championships. He was also a member of the 2019 15U National Team, where he helped the stars and stripes secure a gold medal at the WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup Americas Qualifier after participating in the 2018 14U NTDP. In his third stint with USA Baseball, Miller earned a spot alongside Eldridge on the 18U National Team in 2022 after competing in the 2021 16U/17U NTDP. Miller guided his squad to a gold medal after batting .478 and being named to the All-World Team as a right fielder. He was later selected 27th overall in the 2023 MLB Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies and currently ranks as the No. 18 overall prospect in baseball per MLB Pipeline.

ABOUT ADP SCORING

USA Baseball utilizes a modified scoring system for its development programs to achieve load management and mitigate potential injuries due to overuse for its youth athletes. Pitchers are subject to a maximum pitch count of 25 per inning during game play. In the event an inning is rolled because a pitcher has reached their maximum pitch count, runners on base may be contributed to the game score.