Baseball Recap: Sarasota Wins Going Away Against North Port

Sailors

Previous 5 Games

03/11/25 @ North Port	15-1
03/06/25 vs Palmetto	8-7
03/04/25 @ Manatee	4-0
03/03/25 vs Venice	3-4
02/28/25 @ Riverview Sarasota	9-1

While Sarasota didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against the North Port Bobcats on Tuesday as the Sarasota Sailors made off with a 15-1 victory. With that win, the Sailors brought their scoring average up to 6.6 runs per game.

Hamlet Perez looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over four innings pitched. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than one earned run any time he's pitched this season.

On the hitting side, Sarasota let Patrick Drymon and Mark Metcalf run wild. Drymon scored two runs while going 1-for-2, while Metcalf scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. That's the most runs Drymon has posted since back in February. Another player making a difference was Connor Boyd, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

Sarasota always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .556. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Sarasota has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-3-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs over those games. This is the second loss in a row for North Port and nudges their season record down to 6-7.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Sarasota will head out to challenge Palmetto at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for North Port, they are taking a road trip to take on Booker at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Booker is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.