Baseball Preview: Rocky River Pirates vs. Lakewood Rangers
The Rocky River Pirates will be playing at home against the Lakewood Rangers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Rocky River will be coming into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line.
Rocky River owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Wednesday. They came out on top against North Olmsted by a score of 5-0.
North Olmsted's batters probably weren't too happy with Rees Heigle, who pitched a no hitter and racked up nine Ks (he gave up three walks).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Josh Mommers, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. 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.
Meanwhile, Lakewood had just enough and edged Westlake out 3-2 on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Lakewood.
Rocky River pushed their record up to 7-0 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Lakewood, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
Everything went Rocky River's way against Lakewood in their previous matchup back in March of 2023 as Rocky River made off with a 7-0 victory. Will Rocky River repeat their success, or does Lakewood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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