Baseball Recap: Slippery Rock Rockets vs. Titusville Rockets
Slippery Rock can now show off three landslide victories after their most recent game on Monday. Everything went their way against the Titusville Rockets as the Slippery Rock Rockets made off with a 10-2 win. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Slippery Rock also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2023.
Ryan Double made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits (and only one walk). Double has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Double was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with an RBI.
In other pitching news, Cade Bable looked comfortable as he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Sal Mineo, who scored three runs and stole six bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Dominic Zandi, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
Like Slippery Rock, Titusville also got a great game from a two-way player: Nate Stearns. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also only allowed one walk). Stearns was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
Stearns wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Obert, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles.
Slippery Rock has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Titusville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-7.
Slippery Rock has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Conneaut Area at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Slippery Rock is facing Conneaut Area at the right time seeing as Conneaut Area is stuck on a six-game losing streak. As for Titusville, they will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Sharon at 4:00 p.m. Sharon is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 12 runs per game this season.
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