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| 04/22/24 - Away | 0-5 L |
| 03/08/24 - Home | 0-6 L |
| 03/01/22 - Home | 2-0 W |
| 03/23/21 - Away | 9-0 W |
| 03/26/18 - Neutral | 2-3 L |
| 03/21/16 - Home | 4-2 W |
Sarasota and Bartow are an even 3-3 against one another since March of 2016, but likely not for long. Sarasota is taking a road trip to take on Bartow at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sarasota has ten straight wins, Bartow has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
While Sarasota's victory against Lakewood Ranch wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. Sarasota won by a run and slipped past Lakewood Ranch 2-1.
Sarasota got a great performance from Hamlet Perez as he tossed 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. That's the fewest hits Perez has allowed since March 3rd.
At the plate, Sarasota's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Johnny Lackaff, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Bartow came up short against Lake Gibson on Thursday and fell 7-3.
Sarasota pushed their record up to 15-3-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.6 runs over those games. As for Bartow, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-13.
Sarasota couldn't quite get it done against Bartow in their previous matchup back in April of 2024 as they fell 5-0. Can Sarasota avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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