Baseball Recap: Venice Snags 16th Victory in Last 17 Games

Indians

Margin (Wins)

04/23/25 vs Olympia	15
03/07/25 vs True North Classical Academy	15
02/18/25 @ Braden River	12
05/01/25 vs Newsome	10
04/24/25 vs Olympia	10

With a playoff win on the line, Venice rose to the challenge on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Newsome Wolves a 10-0 shutout. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 15 contests by seven runs or more this season.

Jackson Lucas made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out six over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

In other pitching news, Kasen Poplin looked comfortable as he pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three).

Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on August Backman, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three runs, two doubles, and one stolen base. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high. Jonathan Mauro was another key player, going 1-for-2 with one home run.

Venice always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .562. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Newsome only posted an OBP of .111.

Venice has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 28-3 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.9 runs on average over those games. As for Newsome, they dropped their record down to 21-9 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road.

Looking ahead, Venice will host Alonso at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The Ravens will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something the Indians surely won't give up without a fight. Newsome does not have any more games scheduled as of now.