Baseball Recap: Coral Shores Has No Trouble Against Keys Gate

Hurricanes

Margin (Wins)

02/28/25 vs Hialeah	15
03/13/25 vs Downtown Doral	11
02/25/25 @ Coral Park	11
04/02/25 @ Mater Bay Academy	10
03/28/25 vs Westminster Academy	10

With a playoff win on the line, Coral Shores rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They were the clear victors by a 12-6 margin over the Keys Gate Knights. Considering the Hurricanes have won ten games by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Donovan Thiery made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out 12 batters over 5.2 innings while giving up six earned runs off seven hits (and only one walk). He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in six consecutive appearances. He was even better at the plate, firing off two home runs, three runs, and four RBI while going 3-for-4. Those two home runs gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, AJ Putetti was incredible, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Maykol Bonito was another key player, going 1-for-5 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.

Coral Shores was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matchups.

Coral Shores' record is now 19-3-1. As for Keys Gate, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost three of their last four contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 8-14 record this season.

Coral Shores will square off against Cardinal Newman at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The Crusaders' pitching crew has only allowed 2.5 runs per game this season, so the Hurricanes' hitters will have their work cut out for them. Keys Gate does not have any more games scheduled as of now.