Baseball Preview: Hernando Leopards vs. Merritt Island Mustangs
The Hernando Leopards are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Merritt Island Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Hernando is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top against Nature Coast Tech by a score of 7-4.
Colten Cloud looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Kaine Ellis was excellent, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Merritt Island came tearing into Saturday's contest with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.6 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 7-2 victory over the Buffalo.
Merritt Island saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Toren Dunegan, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Hernando is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season. As for Merritt Island, they pushed their record up to 23-5 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home.
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