Naples had no answer to Vincent Mattei on Friday as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over 5.1 innings pitched. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was his sixth in a row with more than five strikeouts. This season, Mattei has an ERA of 1.93 over 29 innings pitched.
Mattei and Gulf Coast will head out on the road to challenge Venice at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Gulf Coast will be headed into this one with a pretty big disadvantage in the rankings (they're ranked 132 places lower in Florida), but they're not letting that get them down. Will they be able to pull off an upset behind Mattei? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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