With a playoff game on the line, Keys Gate rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 victory over the Coral Shores Hurricanes. Four seems to be a good number for Keys Gate as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Fernando Santillan looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Julio Motta, who scored a run while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Matthew Salazar, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
On Coral Shores' side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Donovan Thiery, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Ezekiel Myers, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Keys Gate is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 13-11 record this season. As for Coral Shores, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-12.
As of now, neither Keys Gate nor Coral Shores have any future games scheduled.
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