Baseball Preview: Sarasota Christian Blazers vs. Canterbury Crusaders
The Sarasota Christian Blazers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Canterbury Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Tuesday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Sarasota Christian had to settle for a 5-4 loss against Bradenton Christian.
Sarasota Christian saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evan Poznanski, who went 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBI. Poznanski has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Hefti, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Canterbury was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They suffered a rough 13-1 loss at the hands of St. Petersburg Catholic.
Sarasota Christian now has a losing record at 9-10-1. As for Canterbury, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.
Sarasota Christian suffered a grim 13-0 defeat to Canterbury in their previous matchup back in February of 2020. Thankfully for Sarasota Christian, Curtis Williams (who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over four innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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