The Lakewood Rangers will head out on the road to face off against the Rocky River Pirates at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lakewood: 1.6, Rocky River: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Tuesday, Lakewood had just enough and edged Westlake out 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Lakewood.
Meanwhile, Rocky River put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. Their pitcher stepped up to hand North Olmsted a 5-0 shutout.
Not much got past Rees Heigle, who gave up just zero hits and racked up nine Ks to keep North Olmsted off the board.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Josh Mommers, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Mommers is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's stolen at least one every time he's taken the field this season.
Lakewood's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1. As for Rocky River, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
Lakewood suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Rocky River in their previous matchup back in March of 2023. Can Lakewood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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