Palm Beach Gardens and Royal Palm Beach are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2015, but likely not for long. The Palm Beach Gardens Gators will host the Royal Palm Beach Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Palm Beach Gardens is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11.8 runs per game this season.
Palm Beach Gardens is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Glades Day with a sharp 21-2 victory on Friday.
Sergio Valle looked comfortable as he struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
Chase Turner
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At the plate, Palm Beach Gardens got a massive performance out of Chase Turner, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with four RBI, one run, and one double. Those four RBI gave Turner a new career-high. Tony Bieber was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Palm Beach Gardens hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Royal Palm Beach started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against West Boca Raton. They came up short against the Bulls on Tuesday, falling 13-1.
Palm Beach Gardens' win ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-2. As for Royal Palm Beach, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Palm Beach Gardens couldn't quite finish off Royal Palm Beach in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 and fell 5-3. Can Palm Beach Gardens avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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