Sarasota is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Inspiration Academy is on a six-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Sarasota Sailors will take on the Inspiration Academy Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Sarasota: 3.2, Inspiration Academy: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Tuesday, Sarasota earned an 11-8 victory over Venice.
Abbey Johns was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run, seven RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Carley Ramsden, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Inspiration Academy owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Tampa Catholic 2-0.
Inspiration Academy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Amelia Mejias, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Sarasota has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-8 record this season. As for Inspiration Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 19-6.
Thursday's matchup will be a test for both team's pitchers. Sarasota hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .319. However, it's not like Inspiration Academy struggles in that department as they've averaged .324. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Sarasota couldn't quite finish off Inspiration Academy in their previous meeting back in February and fell 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Inspiration Academy's Elle Hildreth, who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Now that Sarasota 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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