Baseball Recap: Rocky River Pirates vs. Lorain Titans
On FridayRocky River's undefeated season almost came to an end. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Lorain Titans a 2-0 shutout. Two seems to be a good number for Rocky River as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Josh Mommers was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. Mommers is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's stolen at least one every time he's taken the field this season. Anthony Ferchill was another key contributor, going 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Rocky River pushed their record up to 12-0 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Lorain, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
Rocky River will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Avon at 12:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Avon: 4.1, Rocky River: 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Lorain, they will stay at home for another game and welcome Valley Forge at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Lorain's pitching crew has only allowed three runs per game this season, so Valley Forge's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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