With a playoff win on the line, Melbourne rose to the challenge on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Lake Minneola Hawks as they made off with a 12-4 win. Melbourne's victory was all the more impressive since the Hawks were averaging only 4.07 runs allowed on the season.
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Sean Gates tossed a big game, pitching 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Melbourne got a big performance out of Bryce Conner, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two RBI and one run. Ty Aldeghi also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Melbourne always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .533. The last time their OBP was this high was back in March.
Melbourne is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. As for Lake Minneola, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-8.
Melbourne will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Hawks: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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