Baseball Preview: Coventry Comets vs. Rootstown Rovers
The Coventry Comets will be playing at home against the Rootstown Rovers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Rootstown took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Coventry, who comes in off a win.
Last Wednesday, Coventry narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Waterloo 4-3.
Tristin Philips spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned runs on seven hits and racked up seven Ks.
At the plate, Coventry saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Snyder, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Lucas Futrell, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Rootstown had to settle for an 8-7 defeat against Southeast on Tuesday. Rootstown has struggled against Southeast recently, as their matchup on Tuesday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Joe Weaver was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Coventry's win bumped their record up to 9-15. As for Rootstown, their loss dropped their record down to 6-13.
Coventry skirted past Rootstown 10-9 when the teams last played last Thursday. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Rootstown's Tony Karp, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Coventry still be able to contain Karp? There's only one way to find out.
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