After flying high against South Broward last Thursday, Monarch came back down to earth. The Monarch Knights took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Royal Palm Beach Wildcats on Friday. If the Knights were looking for revenge after losing 1-0 to the Wildcats when the teams met back in May of 2015, then they'll just have to keep looking.
Monarch saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Van Maxwell, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Monarch's loss dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Royal Palm Beach, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-8.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Monarch will square off against Pine Crest at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. As for Royal Palm Beach, they will challenge Atlantic at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Atlantic is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season.
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