The Cocoa Beach Minutemen are taking a road trip to square off against the Melbourne Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Cocoa Beach will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Last Tuesday, Cocoa Beach beat New Smyrna Beach 5-2.
The team relied heavily on Connor McGrew, who scored a run while going 2-for-2. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two).
Meanwhile, Melbourne owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Heritage with a sharp 7-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
Melbourne also got a great performance from Sean Gates as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. What's more, Gates gave up only zero walks, the fewest he's had since back in February.
At the plate, Ty Aldeghi was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Bryce Conner was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
Cocoa Beach's record is now 8-6. As for Melbourne, their record now sits at 10-5.
Cocoa Beach suffered a grim 15-0 defeat to Melbourne in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Cocoa Beach avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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