Baseball Preview: Lakewood Ranch Mustangs vs. Venice Indians
The Lakewood Ranch Mustangs are on the road again on Thursday to play the Venice Indians at 7:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Lakewood Ranch is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Riverview Sarasota 3-1.
Lochlan Radloff spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Lakewood Ranch's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Schroeder, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Venice waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They had just enough and edged the Bobcats out 2-1.
Lakewood Ranch's victory bumped their record up to 12-13-1. As for Venice, their win bumped their record up to 23-3.
Lakewood Ranch came up short against Venice in their previous matchup back in March, falling 4-1. Can Lakewood Ranch avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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