The Venice Gondoliers will be playing at home against the Kennedy Cougars at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. Venice will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak alive.
Venice's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against University as Venice made off with a 13-0 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Venice considering their two-run performance the game before.
Shane Florez looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Venice let Ivan Carrera and Kevin Blake loose on the outfield. Carrera went 3-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple, while Blake went 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Kennedy had to settle for a 5-4 loss against Van Nuys on Wednesday.
Kennedy saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alonso Ortiz, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Andrew Aguirre was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all two of his plate appearances.
Venice has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 16-9 record this season. As for Kennedy, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-16.
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