On Wednesday, the Atlantic Sharks earned an 11-8 win over the Cocoa Tigers. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Atlantic.
The team relied heavily on Josiah Perez, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Dom Bloyen, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
On Cocoa's side, Aj Contreras was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He struck out seven batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Contreras was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
Contreras wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Liam Raney, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Bryce Dentino was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Atlantic has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-10 record this season. As for Cocoa, they are on a 12-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-13.
Atlantic will have a chance to go back-to-back against Cocoa: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
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