Baseball Recap: Cape Coral Comes Up Short

Cape Coral fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against South Fort Myers on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the South Fort Myers Wolfpack by a score of 11-10. The Seahawks haven't had much luck with the Wolfpack recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.

Carter Heisler

Runs

02/18/25 vs Dunbar	3
03/13/25 vs South Fort Myers	2
03/10/25 @ Gateway	2
03/07/25 vs East Lee County	2
03/06/25 @ Bonita Springs	2
+ 4 more games

Carter Heisler made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. He is becoming a predictor of Cape Coral's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 4-2 (and 1-7 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Derek Hooker, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his six plate appearances.

Cape Coral's defeat dropped their record down to 5-9. As for South Fort Myers, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-6.

Cape Coral will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Gateway at 7:00 p.m. on March 24th. Gateway is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season. As for South Fort Myers, they will challenge Sarasota at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Sarasota's pitching crew has only allowed 1.9 runs per game this season, so South Fort Myers' hitters will have their work cut out for them.