Bay is 2-8 against Rocky River since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Bay Rockets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Rocky River Pirates at 5:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Bay is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Villa Angela-St. Joseph a 16-0 shutout on Thursday.
Grace Pierce made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Pierce has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in nine consecutive pitching appearances. Pierce was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Katie Carney was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Maggie Buttrick, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, everything went Rocky River's way against Lorain on Thursday as Rocky River made off with a 14-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Rocky River.
Like Bay, Rocky River also got a great game from a two-way player: Reagan Kane. She kept things locked down with no earned run or hits while striking out ten over four innings pitched. Kane was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with three RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Maggie Heigle, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, four RBI, and a double. Juliana Benjamin was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Bay made their fans wait, but they earned their first win of the season to make their record 1-12. As for Rocky River, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-7 record this season.
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