Cocoa Beach had to endure a seven-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. Everything went their way against the Gateway Panthers on Thursday as the Cocoa Beach Minutemen made off with a 13-3 victory. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Cocoa Beach also won the last time the pair played on April 5th.
Gabi Fuentes made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Fuentes was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Kaelin Goslin and Elysee Fredenberg did most of the damage at the plate: Goslin scored three runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances, while Fredenberg scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Fredenberg has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times she's played. Another player making a difference was Kylie Kahl, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Cocoa Beach's win ended an eight-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-14. As for Gateway, their defeat was their eighth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 0-14.
Cocoa Beach will challenge Astronaut at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Gateway, they will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against Liberty at 6:00 p.m. Gateway is facing Liberty at the right time seeing as Liberty is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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