Ravenna is 0-5 against Rootstown since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Ravenna Ravens will be playing in front of their home fans against the Rootstown Rovers at 5:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Ravenna fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Rittman on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Indians by a score of 8-7. Ravenna has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Logan Hysell was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he tossed five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Hysell has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Hysell was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Connor Welling and James Evavns did some serious damage despite the final result: Welling scored two runs and stole four bases while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances, while Evavns got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Rootstown fell victim to Waynedale and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They lost 6-0 to the Golden Bears.
Rootstown saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Biggin, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Ravenna's loss dropped their record down to 7-19. As for Rootstown, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-14.
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