Cocoa Beach is 2-8 against Astronaut since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Cocoa Beach Minutemen will head out on the road to square off against the Astronaut War Eagles at 7:15 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Cocoa Beach scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 36-24 margin over Gateway. The win was just what Cocoa Beach needed coming off of a 15-0 loss in their prior match.
Cocoa Beach got a massive performance out of Kayla Daniels, who scored five runs and stole four bases while going 3-for-7. The team also got some help courtesy of Elysee Fredenberg, who got on base in five of her seven plate appearances with six runs and five RBI.
Meanwhile, Astronaut got the win against Heritage on Thursday by a conclusive 21-6. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Astronaut.
Astronaut got a massive performance out of Ciara Vansky, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 4-for-5. Arielys Rosado was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-4.
Cocoa Beach pushed their record up to 5-7 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.5 runs per game. As for Astronaut, their win bumped their record up to 9-4.
Cocoa Beach might still be hurting after the 16-0 defeat they got from Astronaut in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can Cocoa Beach avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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