Western Reserve is on a four-game streak of home losses, Vermilion a four-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. The Western Reserve Roughriders will take on the Vermilion Sailors at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
Things were looking good for Western Reserve after they put the first points on the board on Wednesday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of New London by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that Western Reserve has lost by just one run.
Cooper Zunis was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with three stolen bases and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Western Reserve didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. This was only their 12th loss (out of 15 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Vermilion earned an 8-5 win over Margaretta on Wednesday.
Western Reserve's defeat dropped their record down to 3-17. As for Vermilion, their victory bumped their record up to 7-5.
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