Baseball Preview: Riverview Sarasota Rams vs. Lehigh Lightning
The Riverview Sarasota Rams will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lehigh Lightning at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Riverview Sarasota will be strutting in after a win while Lehigh will be coming in after a defeat.
Riverview Sarasota took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Sarasota 3-1.
Morgan Peggs tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over 5.2 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Robin Vergara and Cooper Backman did most of the damage at the plate: Vergara went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double, while Backman scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Lehigh lost 12-2 to South Fort Myers on Friday. The loss continues a trend for Lehigh in their matchups with South Fort Myers: they've now lost three in a row.
Riverview Sarasota is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-13 record this season. As for Lehigh, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-13.
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