The Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Eau Gallie Commodores at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Melbourne Central Catholic: 3.1, Eau Gallie: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Monday, Melbourne Central Catholic made easy work of Heritage and carried off a 12-4 victory.
The team relied heavily on Christian Maynard, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Caden Simcox, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Eau Gallie earned a 4-1 win over Fleming County on Thursday.
Eau Gallie also got a great performance from Chase McBrearty as he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
On the hitting side, Eau Gallie saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Xavier Lherisse, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and a run. Alexander Jacobs was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Melbourne Central Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Eau Gallie, their victory bumped their record up to 13-5.
Melbourne Central Catholic came up short against Eau Gallie in their previous meeting back in April of 2022, falling 3-0. Thankfully for Melbourne Central Catholic, Drew Buxton (who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over 6.2 innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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