Baseball Preview: Cocoa Beach Minutemen vs. Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Tigers
The Cocoa Beach Minutemen will head out on the road to face off against the Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Cocoa Beach: 3.9, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Cocoa Beach can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent game on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Calvary Chapel Academy a 10-0 shutout. The victory was a breath of fresh air for Cocoa Beach as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
The team relied heavily on Cooper Janke, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Angel Stanley, who scored two runs and stole two bases.
Meanwhile, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy came tearing into Thursday's match with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.7 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over the Bears.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Roman Carlson, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Cocoa Beach's win bumped their record up to 9-12. As for Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, they pushed their record up to 17-5 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Cocoa Beach might still be hurting after the 8-2 loss they got from Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy when the teams last played last Saturday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy's Canon Hopper, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Now that Cocoa Beach knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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