A feisty cat fight will be fought as Royal Palm Beach Wildcats challenge Olympic Heights Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Royal Palm Beach will be strutting in after a victory while Olympic Heights will be coming in after a defeat.
Royal Palm Beach was handed a 12-run loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Forest Hill 3-2. The victory was some much needed relief for the Wildcats as it spelled an end to their six-game losing streak.
Royal Palm Beach saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Santino Spidalieri, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Olympic Heights was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They fell 5-2 to Coral Glades.
Ryan Kessner was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over five innings pitched. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.
Royal Palm Beach's win bumped their record up to 5-8. As for Olympic Heights, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
Royal Palm Beach's speedy runners might be the difference in Tuesday's matchup. Royal Palm Beach has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.3 stolen bases per game. It's a different story for Olympic Heights, though, as they've been averaging only 0.6 stolen bases. Will they be able to secure the bases, or will Royal Palm Beach continue to outrun the ball?
Royal Palm Beach took their victory against Olympic Heights when the teams last played back in February by a conclusive 11-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Royal Palm Beach since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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