Softball Preview: Cocoa Beach Minutemen vs. Astronaut War Eagles
Cocoa Beach is 2-8 against Astronaut since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Cocoa Beach Minutemen will head out on the road to square off against the Astronaut War Eagles at 5:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Cocoa Beach took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Gateway as Cocoa Beach made off with a 13-3 victory.
Gabi Fuentes was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Fuentes was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Kaelin Goslin and Elysee Fredenberg did most of the damage at the plate: Goslin scored three runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances, while Fredenberg scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Fredenberg has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times she's played. Another player making a difference was Kylie Kahl, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Astronaut can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent game on Friday. They blew past Sebastian River 10-3. The win was a breath of fresh air for Astronaut as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Camryn Brock spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three runs (all of which were unearned) on eight hits.
On the hitting side, Arielys Rosado was a standout: she scored two runs while going 3-for-3. Ryleigh McCray was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing three bases while going 2-for-4.
Cocoa Beach's victory ended an eight-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-14. As for Astronaut, their record now sits at 12-8.
Cocoa Beach suffered a grim 18-0 defeat to Astronaut in their previous matchup on April 8th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Astronaut's Faith Gallini, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Now that Cocoa Beach knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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