The Venice Indians will be playing at home against the Bishop Verot Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Tuesday, Venice came up short against Sarasota and fell 11-8. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Venice in their matchups with Sarasota: they've now lost four in a row.
Zoey Lynn put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Lynn was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 3-for-5.
In other batting news, Raionna Smith made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Emily Beam was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Bishop Verot, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Lake Placid a 2-0 shutout on Wednesday.
The result came thanks to Paige Bettermann's shutout, as she gave up just four hits and racked up eight Ks.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on McKenna Robbins, who scored two runs and stole four bases while going 1-for-2.
Venice's loss dropped their record down to 11-10. As for Bishop Verot, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-4-1.
Venice might still be hurting after the 13-5 defeat they got from Bishop Verot in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bishop Verot's Payton Breadmore, who tossed seven innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Now that Venice knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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