Baseball Preview: Heritage Panthers vs. Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers
Heritage is 0-9 against Melbourne Central Catholic since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Heritage Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
In what's become a running theme this season, Heritage gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. Everything went their way against Space Coast as Heritage made off with a 14-0 victory. The win was familiar territory for Heritage who now have three in a row.
Noriega Gonzalez looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Kethziel Torres was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordan McCray, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Melbourne Central Catholic sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Satellite on Thursday.
Melbourne Central Catholic saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austen Hester, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Heritage has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Melbourne Central Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 10-6.
Heritage came up short against Melbourne Central Catholic in their previous matchup back in March, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Melbourne Central Catholic's Thomas Chiuchiolo, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched. Now that Heritage 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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