It's playoff time, and Wesley Chapel had no trouble coming through when it counted. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Seabreeze Sandcrabs a 1-0 shutout on Wednesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Wildcats have posted since March 7th.

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The result came thanks to Aiden Nguyen's shutout, as he gave up just a hit and racked up 13 Ks. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Wesley Chapel is 5-2 when he allows at most one earned run, but 8-9 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Wesley Chapel's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Bryce Flemming, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base.
Wesley Chapel has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-11 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Seabreeze, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-12.
Wesley Chapel will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Sandcrabs: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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