Cocoa Beach is on a six-game streak of home losses, Heritage an 11-game streak of away losses (dating back to last season), but someone's luck is about to change. The Cocoa Beach Minutemen will take on the Heritage Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
While Cocoa Beach couldn't quite beat Titusville on Tuesday, the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 18-point defeat they were dealt on Monday. Cocoa Beach fell just short of Titusville by a score of 10-8.
Gabi Fuentes put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched seven innings while giving up three earned (and seven unearned) runs off four hits. Fuentes was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Cocoa Beach got a big performance out of Elysee Fredenberg, who went 2-for-4 with a triple, a stolen base, and a run. Ryleigh Hattrup was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Heritage fell victim to Merritt Island Christian and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. Their rough 10-0 loss to the Cougars might stick with them for a while.
Cocoa Beach's defeat dropped their record down to 5-9. As for Heritage, their loss dropped their record down to 2-13.
Cocoa Beach took their win against Heritage in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 9-1. Will Cocoa Beach repeat their success, or does Heritage have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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