Baseball Recap: Riverview Sarasota Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Riverview Sarasota can now relate to. They came up short against the Sarasota Sailors on Tuesday, falling 8-1. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Sailors this season, with their most recent loss being a 9-1 defeat back in February.

Riverview Sarasota saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caiden Cabral, who went 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI.

Riverview Sarasota's defeat dropped their record down to 7-18. As for Sarasota, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 17 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-5-1 record this season.

Riverview Sarasota does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Sarasota, they will face off against Venice at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Sailors 2, the Indians 1.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.