Gulf is 0-5 against Tarpon Springs since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Gulf Buccaneers will head out on the road to face off against the Tarpon Springs Spongers at 7:00 p.m. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Gulf's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Pasco on Thursday. They fell victim to a tough 11-0 defeat at the hands of the Pirates.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Tarpon Springs' good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They fell just short of Dunedin by a score of 8-6. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Tarpon Springs in their matchups with Dunedin: they've now lost five in a row.
Tarpon Springs saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Finch, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Gulf now has a losing record at 8-9. As for Tarpon Springs, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-8.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Gulf has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.6 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Tarpon Springs struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.5. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Gulf suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Tarpon Springs in their previous meeting back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Tarpon Springs' Davis Weppler, who struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Now that Gulf knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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