With a playoff game on the line, Forest Hill rose to the challenge on Monday. They put the hurt on the Royal Palm Beach Wildcats with a sharp 16-1 victory. Forest Hill might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won eight contests by 13 runs or more this season.
Sabrina Diaz was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Diaz was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing five bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Forest Hill got a massive performance out of Murphie Ockunzzi, who scored three runs and stole five bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Ockunzzi has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Lauren Fritz was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing four bases while going 3-for-3.
The win got Forest Hill back to even at 9-9. As for Royal Palm Beach, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-12.
Forest Hill is on the road again on Tuesday to play Seminole Ridge at 4:00 p.m. Forest Hill has given up an average of 7.5 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week. Royal Palm Beach does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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