The Merritt Island Christian Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Palm Bay Pirates at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Merritt Island Christian fell victim to Cocoa Beach and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. Their rough 14-0 defeat to the Minutemen might stick with them for a while. Considering the last time Merritt Island Christian couldn't score was back in March, the team can't take the result too hard.
Merritt Island Christian saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bode Handwork, who went 2-for-2 with a triple.
Meanwhile, Palm Bay also failed to score in their most recent game. They suffered a tough 6-0 loss at the hands of Cocoa Beach on Monday. The contest marked that first time this year in which Palm Bay was not able to get on the board.
Merritt Island Christian's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-7. As for Palm Bay, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost ten of their last 11 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-11-1 record this season.
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