Softball Recap: Royal Palm Beach falls short of Forest Hill in the playoffs

By Team Reports May 3, 2024, 10:33am

Softball Recap: Royal Palm Beach Wildcats vs. Forest Hill Falcons

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Royal Palm Beach can now relate to. They lost 16-1 to the Forest Hill Falcons on Monday. Royal Palm Beach has struggled against Forest Hill recently, as their match on Monday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.

For Forest Hill's part, Sabrina Diaz made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Diaz was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing five bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.

In other batting news, Forest Hill got a massive performance out of Murphie Ockunzzi, who scored three runs and stole five bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Ockunzzi has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Lauren Fritz, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 3-for-3.

Royal Palm Beach's defeat dropped their record down to 3-12. As for Forest Hill, the victory got them back to even at 9-9.

Royal Palm Beach does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Forest Hill, they will head out on the road to square off against Seminole Ridge at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams will come into the game having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes.

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