Baseball Recap: Keys Gate Comes Up Short

Keys Gate and Coral Shores squared off in some playoff action on Wednesday, but Keys Gate had to settle for second. They lost 12-6 to the Hurricanes. The Knights were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Hurricanes earlier this season, when they won 8-7.

Lazaro Puig

Home Runs

04/16/25 vs Coral Shores	1
03/26/25 vs South Miami	1
03/04/25 @ St. Brendan	1

Keys Gate saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lazaro Puig, who went 1-for-4 with one home run and two RBI. Puig is becoming a predictor of the Knights' success: when he posts at least one home run the team is 2-1 (and 6-13 when he doesn't).

Keys Gate has traveled a rocky road recently, having lost three of their last four matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 8-14 record this season. That patch can't be blamed on the team's hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games. As for Coral Shores, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 19-3-1.

Keys Gate does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Coral Shores, they will head out on the road to take on Cardinal Newman at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Hurricanes 3.6, the Crusaders 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.