Baseball Preview: Spanish River Sharks vs. Royal Palm Beach Wildcats
Spanish River has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Royal Palm Beach Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Spanish River will be strutting in after a win while Royal Palm Beach will be coming in after a defeat.
Spanish River will bounce into Wednesday's game after beating Wellington, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Spanish River narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Wellington 3-2. That's two games straight that Spanish River has won by just one run.
Spanish River's win was truly a team effort as eight different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jesse Chimenti, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Royal Palm Beach didn't have quite enough to beat Palm Beach Central on Tuesday and fell 2-1. Royal Palm Beach has struggled against Palm Beach Central recently, as their matchup on Tuesday was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
Spanish River has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 12-9 record this season. As for Royal Palm Beach, their loss dropped their record down to 8-11.
Spanish River took their victory against Royal Palm Beach in their previous matchup back in February by a conclusive 9-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Spanish River 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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