The Braden River Pirates will venture away from home to challenge the Lakewood Ranch Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Braden River fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Out-of-Door Academy on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Thunder by a score of 4-3. That's two games in a row now that the Pirates have lost by just one run.
Braden River saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rhys Klein, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Lakewood Ranch didn't have quite enough to beat Sarasota on Tuesday and fell 3-2. The Mustangs have struggled against the Sailors recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost meeting.
This is the second loss in a row for Braden River and nudges their season record down to 11-10. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 7 runs in those games. As for Lakewood Ranch, their record is now 6-16.
Braden River took their victory against Lakewood Ranch in their previous matchup on Thursday by a conclusive 10-1 score. Do the Pirates have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Mustangs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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