Riverview Sarasota has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the North Port Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Riverview Sarasota is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
While Riverview Sarasota has not struggled against Manatee recently, they managed to flip the script on Tuesday. Everything went Riverview Sarasota's way against Manatee as Riverview Sarasota made off with a 10-0 victory. Riverview Sarasota's pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three matchups.
Allison Cole made a splash while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Cole has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Cole was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-3 with four RBI and two doubles.
In other batting news, Ella Trandem was a standout: she scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Sierra Lipton was another key contributor, going 2-for-2 with three runs and a triple.
Meanwhile, North Port fell victim to a tough 13-2 defeat at the hands of Sarasota on Tuesday. North Port has not had much luck with Sarasota recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
North Port saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hailey Rachal, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Riverview Sarasota is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for North Port, their loss dropped their record down to 5-14.
North Port's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. Riverview Sarasota has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 11.4 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for North Port, though, as they've been averaging only 3.7. Will Riverview Sarasota keep running through batters, or will North Port buck the trend?
Riverview Sarasota beat North Port 5-0 when the teams last played back in March. The rematch might be a little tougher for Riverview Sarasota since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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