Baseball Game Preview: Vermilion Hits the Road

By Team Reports May 2, 2024, 6:04am

Baseball Preview: Vermilion Sailors vs. Western Reserve Roughriders

The Vermilion Sailors will head out on the road to take on the Western Reserve Roughriders at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Vermilion is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.

On Wednesday, Vermilion earned an 8-5 win over Margaretta.

Meanwhile, Western Reserve was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell just short of New London by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that Western Reserve has lost by just one run.

Cooper Zunis made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with three stolen bases and an RBI.

Even though they lost, Western Reserve didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. This was only their 12th loss (out of 15 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.

Vermilion's victory bumped their record up to 7-5. As for Western Reserve, their loss dropped their record down to 3-17.

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