Baseball Recap: Slippery Rock Takes a Loss

Slippery Rock suffered their closest defeat since April 13, 2024 on Thursday. They fell just short of the Oil City Oilers by a score of 9-7. The Rockets were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Oilers earlier this season, when they won 5-0.

Slippery Rock got a good showing from Johnny Petras, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.

On the hitting side, Parker Dalcamo made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with one triple, one stolen base, and one run. That triple marked the first that he has hit this season. Another player making a difference was Casey Darr, who went 1-for-3 with one triple and two RBI.

Slippery Rock has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 10-3 record this season. As for Oil City, their victory bumped their record up to 5-10.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Slippery Rock will take on rival Sharon at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Rockets 3.2, the Tigers 4.1) so any runs scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, Oil City is set to challenge their familiar foe Titusville at 4:00 p.m. on Monday.