Baseball Preview: Palm Beach Gardens Gators vs. Palm Beach Central Broncos        
        
		
            
 The Palm Beach Gardens Gators will head out on the road to  square off against  the Palm Beach Central Broncos at 4:30  p.m.  on Friday. Given that  the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this  game.
 On Thursday, Palm Beach Gardens came up short against Suncoast  and fell  6-3. Palm Beach Gardens has not had much luck with Suncoast recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
  Luke Hogue was cooking despite his team's loss,   scoring two  runs while going 4-for-4.  Ian Vertucci was another key contributor,  scoring a  run while going 2-for-3.
 Meanwhile, Palm Beach Central also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to North Broward Prep by a score of  5-1.
 Palm Beach Gardens' loss dropped their record down to 8-12. As for Palm Beach Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-9.
 Palm Beach Gardens skirted past Palm Beach Central  3-1 when the teams last played  back in March. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was  Palm Beach Central's  Charlie Houd, who   didn't allow a single  earned run over four innings pitched. Now that he's  got a second chance to win this matchup, will Palm Beach Gardens still be able to contain  Houd? There's only one way to find out.
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