Beachside has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the St. Augustine Yellow Jackets at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The last four games Beachside has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Beachside is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They had just enough and edged Riverside out 8-6.
Brady Anderson tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over 4.1 innings while giving up three earned runs off only two hits.
On the hitting side, Brian D'Errico was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Gavin Nickel, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, St. Augustine came up short against Yulee on Thursday and fell 7-3.
St. Augustine saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Skylar Kokoszka, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Beachside is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-13 record this season. As for St. Augustine, their loss dropped their record down to 15-9.
Beachside suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to St. Augustine when the teams last played on April 5th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kokoszka, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. Now that Beachside knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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