Baseball Recap: South Gate Rams vs. Venice Gondoliers
South Gate was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost 14-5 to the Venice Gondoliers. The result was an unpleasant reminder to South Gate of the 6-1 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in February of 2018.
Damian Perez was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances.
On Venice's side, they got a massive performance out of Ryan Shepard, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Canon King, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
South Gate's defeat dropped their record down to 11-16. As for Venice, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 17-9 record this season.
South Gate will be playing at home against Westchester at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Venice, they have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Kennedy at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. Kennedy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
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