Baseball Preview: Monarch Knights vs. Cypress Bay Lightning
The Monarch Knights are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Cypress Bay Lightning at 6:00 p.m. Monarch is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.
Monarch can't be too worried about heading out to take on Cypress Bay: they just beat West Broward at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Monarch narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past West Broward 4-3.
Adriel Gonzalez and Diego Rojas did most of the damage at the plate: Gonzalez went 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI, while Rojas scored a run while going 1-for-4. Jerome Shepherd was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Cypress Bay was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell victim to a tough 13-1 defeat at the hands of Somerset Academy.
Cypress Bay saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Weylen Rodriguez, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Monarch is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-8 record this season. As for Cypress Bay, their loss dropped their record down to 4-15.
Everything went Monarch's way against Cypress Bay in their previous matchup back in March of 2023 as Monarch made off with an 11-4 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Monarch since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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