Baseball Recap: Oil City Oilers vs. Slippery Rock Rockets
Oil City entered their tilt with Slippery Rock with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with an 8-4 victory over the Slippery Rock Rockets on Wednesday. For Oil City, this counts as revenge for the 12-4 defeat Slippery Rock walked away with the last time they faced one another on April 4th.
Charlie Motter was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up four earned runs off three hits (and only one walk). Motter was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Justen Dunkle, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Jacob Teeter was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
On Slippery Rock's side, Sal Mineo and Dominic Zandi stepped up to the plate in a big way. Mineo scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Zandi scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Oil City is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for Slippery Rock, their loss dropped their record down to 8-3.
Oil City will be playing at home against Erie at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Slippery Rock, they will head out on the road to face off against Grove City on Saturday. Grove City is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season.
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