Baseball Recap: Rocky River comes up short despite Rees Heigle's strong performance

By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 3:56pm

Baseball Recap: Rocky River Pirates vs. Buckeye Bucks

Rocky River lost against Buckeye back in April of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Rocky River Pirates fell just short of the Buckeye Bucks by a score of 3-2. The defeat continues a trend for Rocky River in their matchups with Buckeye: they've now lost four in a row.

Rees Heigle was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off two hits (and only one walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.

On the hitting side, Rocky River saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Thomas Rossi, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.

Rocky River's loss dropped their record down to 19-5. As for Buckeye, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season.

Rocky River will be playing at home against Columbia at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Buckeye, they will head out on the road to take on Bay at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Buckeye's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Bay's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

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