Baseball Recap: Rootstown falls despite strong effort from Joe Weaver

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 7:00pm

Baseball Recap: Rootstown Rovers vs. Southeast Pirates

Rootstown lost against Southeast last Monday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Rootstown Rovers fell just short of the Southeast Pirates by a score of 8-7. Rootstown has not had much luck with Southeast recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.

Joe Weaver was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Rootstown's defeat dropped their record down to 6-13. As for Southeast, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-7 record this season.

Rootstown will head out on the road to square off against Coventry at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Southeast, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Newton Falls at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.

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