Bishop Verot is 5-0 against North Port since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Bishop Verot Vikings are on the road again to play the North Port Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. Bishop Verot is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season.
Bishop Verot fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Cardinal Mooney on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 2-1.
Bishop Verot saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Braylon Sheffield, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, Bishop Verot didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cardinal Mooney only tossed three.
Meanwhile, North Port was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell victim to a rough 13-3 loss at the hands of Evangelical Christian.
Bishop Verot's record is now 16-5. As for North Port, their record now sits at 8-11.
North Port's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Bishop Verot hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .380. It's a different story for North Port, though, as they've only averaged .241. Will they be able to contain Bishop Verot's hitters?
Everything went Bishop Verot's way against North Port in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Bishop Verot made off with a 10-0 victory. Will Bishop Verot repeat their success, or does North Port have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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