It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Palm Beach Gardens can now relate to. They fell just short of the Centennial Eagles by a score of 2-0 on Tuesday. The shutout was out of character for Palm Beach Gardens seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
Sydney Shaffer spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on three hits and racked up ten Ks.
On the hitting side, Palm Beach Gardens saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaman Reno, who went 2-for-2 with a double.
On Centennial's side, not much got past Hailey Brereton, who gave up just three hits and racked up 14 Ks to keep Palm Beach Gardens off the board. Brereton has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than nine strikeouts in 25 consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Keyhara Alleyne, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Palm Beach Gardens' defeat dropped their record down to 22-5. As for Centennial, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 21-7.
Palm Beach Gardens does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Centennial, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Jupiter at 4:00 p.m. Jupiter is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
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