The Seminole Ridge Hawks will head out on the road to face off against the Royal Palm Beach Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Seminole Ridge's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Royal Palm Beach's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Seminole Ridge will bounce into Wednesday's contest after beating Palm Beach Gardens, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Seminole Ridge walked away with an 8-4 victory over Palm Beach Gardens on Friday.
Justin Precanico looked comfortable as he struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in February.
Kane Decker
| 03/14/25 vs Palm Beach Gardens | 7 |
| 02/24/25 vs Royal Palm Beach | 2 |
| 03/06/25 @ Dwyer | 1 |
| 02/28/25 @ Santaluces | 1 |
| 02/19/25 @ Oxbridge Academy | 1 |
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kane Decker, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, seven RBI, and two stolen bases. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in RBI. Luke Vento was another key player, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Royal Palm Beach entered their tilt with Atlantic on Monday with three consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with four. They put the hurt on the Eagles with a sharp 14-2 win. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by six runs or more this season.
Gabe Devore tossed a big game, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits (and only one walk). He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks any time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, Santino Spidalieri was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. He has become a key player for Royal Palm Beach: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 4-8 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Roman O'Keefe, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Royal Palm Beach was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .389. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Atlantic only posted a batting average of .125.
Seminole Ridge's record now sits at 8-6. As for Royal Palm Beach, the victory got them back to even at 8-8.
Everything went Seminole Ridge's way against Royal Palm Beach in their previous meeting back in February, as Seminole Ridge made off with a 12-2 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Seminole Ridge since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
