Baseball Preview: Cocoa Tigers vs. Space Coast Vipers
Cocoa is on a seven-game streak of home losses, Space Coast a 13-game streak of away losses (dating back to last season), but someone's luck is about to change. The Cocoa Tigers will take on the Space Coast Vipers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Last Friday, Cocoa came up short against Atlantic and fell 6-2.
Cocoa saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mike Jones, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI. Jones has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Space Coast scored first but ultimately less than Melbourne in their matchup on Thursday. They lost 10-4 to the Bulldogs.
Cocoa's loss dropped their record down to 4-14. As for Space Coast, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-23.
Cocoa was able to grind out a solid win over Space Coast in their previous matchup back in March, winning 11-6. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Space Coast's Michael Webster, who struck out six batters over five innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits (and only one walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Cocoa still be able to contain Webster? There's only one way to find out.
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