Baseball Preview: Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers vs. Bayside Bears
Melbourne Central Catholic is 7-2 against Bayside since February of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers will head out on the road to square off against the Bayside Bears at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Melbourne Central Catholic stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They blew past St. Edward's 22-2. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Melbourne Central Catholic considering their two-run performance the match before.
Thomas Gonnella was a standout: he scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-2. Cole Carroll was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 4-for-4.
Meanwhile, Bayside got themselves on the board against Cocoa on Wednesday, but Cocoa never followed suit. Everything went their way against the Tigers as they made off with an 8-0 win. Winning may never get old, but Bayside sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Melbourne Central Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Bayside, their victory bumped their record up to 6-11.
Melbourne Central Catholic was able to grind out a solid win over Bayside when the teams last played back in March, winning 5-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Melbourne Central Catholic since the team 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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