Palm Beach Gardens entered their tilt with Cooper City on Tuesday with two consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with three. They put the hurt on the Cooper City Cowboys with a sharp 13-3 win. With that victory, the Gators brought their scoring average up to 6.7 runs per game.
Sydney Shaffer tossed a big game, striking out ten batters over five innings while giving up three earned runs off three hits. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 5.5 strikeouts per game.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Victoria Scott, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with two triples, three runs, and four RBI. That's the most hits she has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Brynn Dion-Catasus, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Palm Beach Gardens always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .594. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cooper City only posted an OBP of .375.
Gators
| 03/04/25 vs Cooper City | 13-3 |
| 02/26/25 vs Cardinal Newman | 10-1 |
| 02/14/25 vs Okeechobee | 11-1 |
| 04/22/24 vs West Boca Raton | 12-0 |
| 04/19/24 vs Centennial | 3-2 |
| + 7 more games |
Palm Beach Gardens' win was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Cooper City, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
Coming up, Palm Beach Gardens will be playing at home against St. Thomas Aquinas at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Cooper City, they will square off against Pembroke Pines Charter at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Cooper City has given up an average of 7.7 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
