With a playoff game on the line, Palmetto rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They never let the Coral Reef Barracudas onto the board and left with a 4-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Palmetto.
Not much got past Jake Cruz, who gave up just one hit and racked up nine Ks to keep Coral Reef off the board. Those nine strikeouts set a new season-high mark for him.
At the plate, Palmetto saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Gordon, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Palmetto is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-10 record this season. As for Coral Reef, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-14-2.
As of now, neither Palmetto nor Coral Reef have any future games scheduled.
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