The Rocky River Pirates will head out on the road to take on the Valley Forge Patriots at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Rocky River is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Buckeye on Monday. They came up short against the Bucks, falling 11-1. The loss continues a trend for the Pirates in their meetings with the Bucks: they've now lost seven in a row.
Rocky River saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lily Creech, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Valley Forge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their 15th straight defeat dating back to last season. They lost 17-2 to Westlake.
Valley Forge's loss dropped their record down to 0-13. As for Rocky River, they suffered their first road defeat, dropping their record down to 6-4.
Rocky River took their win against Valley Forge in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a conclusive 14-4 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Pirates since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
