Cocoa Beach extended their losing streak to three on Tuesday, dropping them down to 5-10. They fell 10-5 to the Merritt Island Christian Cougars. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Cougars this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 11-3 back in February.
Cocoa Beach saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evelyn Peirce, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
As for Merritt Island Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.5 runs over those games.
On Merritt Island Christian's side, Keri Shea was excellent, going 1-for-4 with two RBI and one run. That's the most RBI Shea has posted since back in February.
Coming up, Cocoa Beach will square off against Cocoa at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday. The Tigers have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 12.38 runs per game on average), something the Minutemen will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Merritt Island Christian, they will take on Bayside at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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