The Melbourne Bulldogs will face off against the Cocoa Beach Minutemen at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Melbourne's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Heritage as Melbourne made off with a 7-0 victory. That's two games straight that the Bulldogs have won by exactly seven runs.
Melbourne got a great performance from Sean Gates as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. Those six strikeouts gave Gates a new career-high.
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On the hitting side, Ty Aldeghi was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Bryce Conner, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Cocoa Beach waltzed into their game last Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They walked away with a 5-2 win over the Barracudas.
The team relied heavily on Connor McGrew, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Melbourne has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. Cocoa Beach's win bumped their record up to 8-6.
Everything went Melbourne's way against Cocoa Beach in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, as Melbourne made off with a 15-0 victory. Does Melbourne have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cocoa Beach turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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