Jupiter has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Palm Beach Gardens Gators at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Jupiter's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so Palm Beach Gardens' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Jupiter is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 14 runs on Monday, they were much more limited against Park Vista on Thursday. They fell just short of the Cobras by a score of 3-1. Jupiter has struggled against Park Vista recently, as their matchup on Thursday was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
Sasha Seidel put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out eight batters over nine innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Seidel has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances. Seidel was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Seidel wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Rylee Lewis, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Palm Beach Gardens came tearing into Wednesday's contest with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.2 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Cobras and snuck past 3-1.
Sydney Shaffer spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits.
Jupiter's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-6. As for Palm Beach Gardens, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record this season.
Jupiter suffered a grim 11-2 defeat to Palm Beach Gardens when the teams last played on April 5th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Shaffer, who struck out 14 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off eight hits (and not a single walk). Now that Jupiter knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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