The Park Vista Cobras will take on the Coral Reef Barracudas at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Park Vista is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road.
Park Vista is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They never let Stoneman Douglas onto the board and left with a 1-0 win.
The result came thanks to Nicole Mergen's shutout, as she gave up just four hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Coral Reef came tearing into Thursday's matchup with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.9 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They had just enough and edged the Bobcats out 5-3.
Coral Reef got a great performance from Erin Zambrano as she pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Chloe Junco, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Rachel Hawkins, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Park Vista has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Coral Reef, their victory bumped their record up to 19-8.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Park Vista hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Coral Reef struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Park Vista couldn't quite finish off Coral Reef when the teams last played back in April and fell 5-3. Can Park Vista avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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