Baseball Recap: Melbourne Central Catholic Has No Trouble Against Space Coast

After only two runs in their last match, Melbourne Central Catholic made sure to put some runs up on the board against Space Coast on Thursday. The Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers put the hurt on the Space Coast Vipers with a sharp 11-2 win. The Hustlers have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Vipers, too.

Thomas Gonnella

Batters Struck Out (Career)

02/13/25 @ Space Coast	8
03/07/24 @ Space Coast	5
04/22/24 vs Merritt Island Christian	4
03/14/24 vs Bayside	2
02/19/24 vs Satellite	2

Cole Carroll and Thomas Gonnella made a splash no matter where they played. Throwing, Carroll pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Meanwhile, Gonnella struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts. At the plate, Carroll scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4, while Gonnella scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.

In other batting news, Collin O'Connell was excellent, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.

The victory made it two in a row for Melbourne Central Catholic and bumps their season record up to a perfect 2-0. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.5 runs over those games. As for Space Coast, they now have a losing record of 1-2.

Coming up, Melbourne Central Catholic will face off against Heritage at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Space Coast, they will square off against Merritt Island Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.