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| 03/18/24 - Home | 5-6 L |
| 04/15/23 - Neutral | 10-0 W |
| 02/24/23 - Away | 3-1 W |
| 04/16/21 - Home | 5-1 W |
| 04/09/21 - Away | 2-6 L |
| + 5 more games |
Lemon Bay and North Port are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Manta Rays will face off against the Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. North Port took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Lemon Bay, who comes in off a win.
Lemon Bay will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs on Thursday, then bounced right back against Booker on Friday. The Manta Rays blew past the Tornadoes 14-4. The victory continues a trend for the Manta Rays in their matchups with the Tornadoes: they've now won six in a row.
Meanwhile, North Port was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 3-2 heartbreaker at the hands of Cardinal Mooney.
North Port saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rylan Bradley, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one double, and one RBI.
Lemon Bay's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-7. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.5 runs over those games. As for North Port, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-14.
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