The Monarch Knights will head out to challenge the Royal Palm Beach Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Monarch barely beat South Broward the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Monarch put the hurt on South Broward with a sharp 12-6 win on Thursday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Knights needed considering they were shut out in their previous match.
Diego Rojas
| 03/13/25 @ South Broward | 4 |
| 04/11/24 @ Fort Lauderdale | 2 |
| 03/20/24 vs South Plantation | 2 |
| 02/29/24 @ Cooper City | 2 |
| 02/21/24 @ Piper | 2 |
The team relied heavily on Diego Rojas, who went 4-for-5 with six RBI, three runs, and one triple. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in hits. Jacob Weiner also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen bases of the season.
Rojas wasn't the only one working in the hit department: Monarch kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Royal Palm Beach challenged Olympic Heights on Tuesday. Royal Palm Beach's pitchers stepped up to hand Olympic Heights a 4-0 shutout. The victory continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Lions: they've now won four in a row.
Royal Palm Beach also got a great performance from Brandon Valdez as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over 4.2 innings pitched. What's more, Valdez gave up only zero earned runs, the fewest he's had since back in February.
At the plate, Santino Spidalieri was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing Three bases. while going 1-for-2. He has become a key player for Royal Palm Beach: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 3-8 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Deangleo Davila, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases, one double, and one RBI.
Royal Palm Beach's record is now 6-8. As for Monarch, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-9.
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