The Palmetto Tigers will take on the Sarasota Sailors at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Palmetto is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Braden River on Wednesday. They lost 9-2 to the Pirates. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Pirates recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Blake Willis was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with one triple and two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April of 2024.
Meanwhile, Sarasota waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They put the hurt on the Bobcats with a sharp 15-1 win. The result was nothing new for the Sailors, who have now won five matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Hamlet Perez looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run any time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Patrick Drymon and Mark Metcalf did most of the damage at the plate: Drymon scored two runs while going 1-for-2, while Metcalf scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Connor Boyd, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Sarasota always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .556. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Sarasota's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-3-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Palmetto, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.
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