It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Venice ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They won by a run and slipped past the University Wildcats 2-1. That's more bragging rights for Venice, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Noel Moreno tossed a big game, striking out 12 batters over 7.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Venice's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Garrett Boyd, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Venice pushed their record up to 15-9 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for University, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-8.
Venice will have a chance to go back-to-back against University: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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