Baseball Preview: Cocoa Beach Minutemen vs. Calvary Chapel Academy Eagles
After two games on the road, Cocoa Beach is heading back home. They will take on the Calvary Chapel Academy Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Cocoa Beach's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Calvary Chapel Academy's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Tuesday, Cocoa Beach didn't have quite enough to beat Satellite and fell 2-1. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Cocoa Beach in their matchups with Satellite: they've now lost eight in a row.
Cocoa Beach got a good showing from Parker Cress, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Cress has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Cocoa Beach saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was AJ Barranco, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Calvary Chapel Academy won against Cocoa on Friday with 13 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. Calvary Chapel Academy came out on top against St. Edward's by a score of 13-9. The win made it back-to-back victories for Calvary Chapel Academy.
Payton Baker was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Joel Terry, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-5.
Cocoa Beach's defeat dropped their record down to 8-12. As for Calvary Chapel Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 7-11.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Cocoa Beach has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Calvary Chapel Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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