Baseball Game Preview: Sarasota Sailors vs. Venice Indians

Sarasota is 1-9 against Venice since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. Sarasota will face off against Venice at 7:30 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Sarasota comes in on 11 and Venice on four.

Sarasota had to skate by with only a one-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the nine-run drubbing they dealt Bartow on Friday. Sarasota blew past Bartow 13-4. The Sailors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by six runs or more this season.

Thomas Svenson made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Svenson was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.

In other pitching news, Blake Norman looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in eight consecutive appearances.

Back at the plate, Patrick Drymon was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. That's the most runs he has posted since back in February. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaxson Parker, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

Meanwhile, Venice owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Saturday. They skirted past Imagine School at North Port 2-0.

Sarasota pushed their record up to 16-3-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Venice, their record now sits at 16-2.