Prep baseball: Mustangs a win away from playing for Sarasota Baseball Classic title

photo by Paul Videla

Lakewood Ranch takes a 2-0 record into the final day of Red Bracket pool play today at the Sarasota Baseball Classic.
The Mustangs play Eagle's View Academy at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Buck O'Neil Baseball Complex. Whomever wins will be the champion out of Pool B and will face the winner of Pool A - either Charlotte or Boca Raton - for the Red Bracket championship Thursday.
Listed below is today's schedule of games featuring area teams:

RED BRACKET
Pool play
Palmetto vs. Coral Glades, 4 p.m. at Sarasota High
Lakewood Ranch vs. Eagle's View Academy, 7:30 p.m. at Buck O'Neil Baseball Complex at Twin Lakes Park
BLUE BRACKET
Consolation round
Port Charlotte vs. Cardinal Mooney, 4:30 p.m. at Buck O'Neil Baseball Complex
Gulliver Prep vs. Manatee, 4:30 p.m. at Buck O'Neil Baseball Complex
Tampa Catholic vs. Braden River, 4:30 p.m. at Buck O'Neil Baseball Complex