The Slippery Rock Rockets will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Lakeview Sailors at 4:15 p.m. Slippery Rock is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
Slippery Rock is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Friday, just like they did against Hickory (and have done all season long). Slippery Rock blew past Hickory 10-3. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Slippery Rock considering their one-run performance the match before.
Isaac McCandless and Austan Runtas were a major factor no matter where they played. On the mound, McCandless struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits. Meanwhile, Runtas tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. At the plate, McCandless went 2-for-3 with a triple and a run, while Runtas scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Sal Mineo was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Austin Kura, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Lakeview unfortunately witnessed the end of their 13-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of Wilmington by a score of 3-2. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Lakeview has scored all season.
Lakeview saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Garet Guthrie, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Slippery Rock is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Lakeview, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-2.
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