Baseball Recap: Sarasota Beats Lakewood Ranch for Their Tenth Straight Win

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Previous Games

03/26/25 @ Lakewood Ranch	2-1
03/25/25 vs Out-of-Door Academy	6-3
03/20/25 vs Lakewood Ranch	9-0
03/19/25 vs Don Bosco Prep	6-4
03/18/25 vs Middleton	15-0
+ 5 more games

Sarasota had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it ten on Wednesday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Lakewood Ranch Mustangs. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 9-0 last Thursday.

Sarasota got a great performance from Hamlet Perez as he pitched 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Perez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Sarasota's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Johnny Lackaff, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.

Sarasota's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-3-1. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Lakewood Ranch, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-12.

Sarasota didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 13-4 win against Bartow on the 28th. As for Lakewood Ranch, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 10-4 defeat against Parrish Community on the 28th.