Baseball Preview: Cocoa Beach Minutemen vs. Palm Bay Pirates
The Cocoa Beach Minutemen have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Palm Bay Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Cocoa Beach will be strutting in after a win while Palm Bay will be coming in after a defeat.
Cocoa Beach scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Friday. They never let Merritt Island Christian onto the board and left with a 14-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Cocoa Beach, who have now won five contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Kristian Wolfe made a big impact no matter where he played. He struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (and only one walk). Wolfe was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on AJ Barranco, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3. Rory O'Connor was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Palm Bay fell victim to a tough 22-1 loss at the hands of Rockledge on Thursday. Palm Bay has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Palm Bay saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zander Tarnowski, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and a double. Tarnowski is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
Cocoa Beach's win bumped their record up to 6-8. As for Palm Bay, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-10-1.
Everything went Cocoa Beach's way against Palm Bay in their previous matchup back in April of 2022 as Cocoa Beach made off with a 15-4 victory. Does Cocoa Beach have another victory up their sleeve, or will Palm Bay turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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