Sarasota's rock-solid pitchers showed up for the team's fourth consecutive shutout on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the North Port Bobcats an 8-0 shutout. Sarasota might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won five matches by six runs or more this season.
Sarasota got a great performance from Ashlan Guengerich as she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over six innings pitched. Guengerich has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Abbey Johns and Brooke Bendel did most of the damage at the plate: Johns scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Bendel went 2-for-4 with a home run. Another player making a difference was Sommer Speers, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
Sarasota has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-6 record this season. As for North Port, their loss dropped their record down to 5-13.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Sarasota beat North Port by a score of 13-2 later that day.
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