Baseball Preview: Slippery Rock Rockets vs. Oil City Oilers
Slippery Rock has enjoyed a eight-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Oil City Oilers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Slippery Rock is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.
Slippery Rock stacked a fourth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. They blew past Hickory 12-2.
Ryan Double made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He pitched 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Double was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with three RBI.
In other batting news, Slippery Rock got a massive performance out of Sal Mineo, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Jacob Kunsman was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Monday Oil City sidestepped Franklin for a 7-6 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Oil City.
Like Slippery Rock, Oil City also got a great game from a two-way player: Jacob Teeter. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Teeter was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-5.
In other batting news, Braylon Barber was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Slippery Rock pushed their record up to 8-2 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Oil City, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Slippery Rock has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.5 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Oil City struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.8. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Everything went Slippery Rock's way against Oil City when the teams last played on April 4th as Slippery Rock made off with a 12-4 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Slippery Rock since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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