Fort Walton Beach entered their tilt with Gulf Breeze with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Gulf Breeze Dolphins on Thursday and snuck past 2-1. That's two games straight that Fort Walton Beach has won by just one run.
Hunter Kidd spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on eight hits and racked up seven Ks.
On Gulf Breeze's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carter Hoeft, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Fort Walton Beach's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-8. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.8 runs per game. As for Gulf Breeze, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-10.
Fort Walton Beach didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 12-6 victory vs. Niceville on the 12th. Gulf Breeze has also already played their next game, a 4-0 win against Navarre on the 12th.
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