With a playoff game on the line, Merritt Island rose to the challenge on Saturday. They came out on top against The Villages Charter Buffalo by a score of 7-2. The win was nothing new for Merritt Island as they're now sitting on eight straight.
Jacob Loeffler spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on four hits and racked up 11 Ks.
At the plate, Hudson Blank was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Dean Hanselman, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On The Villages Charter's side, they saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andon Gray, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Merritt Island has been performing well recently as they've won 15 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-5 record this season. As for The Villages Charter, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-12.
Merritt Island has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Hernando at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Merritt Island: 2.2, Hernando: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. The Villages Charter does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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