Sarasota is 1-9 against Venice since March of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Sarasota Sailors will head out on the road to square off against the Venice Indians at 7:00 p.m. Neither Sarasota nor Venice posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Sarasota will head into Wednesday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a six-point defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Braden River on Wednesday. Sarasota never let Braden River onto the board and left with a 2-0 win.
Cesar Garmendia spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on three hits and racked up six Ks. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
On the hitting side, Sarasota's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Bernard Barnes, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Venice faced Calvary Christian in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Venice fell just short of Calvary Christian by a score of 3-1. Venice has not had much luck with Calvary Christian recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Sarasota's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-13. As for Venice, their loss dropped their record down to 17-3.
Sarasota couldn't quite finish off Venice when the teams last played back in March and fell 2-0. Can Sarasota avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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