Rockets
| 04/23/25 vs Titusville | 10-2 |
| 04/22/25 @ Fairview | 10-0 |
| 04/19/25 vs Conneaut Area | 5-1 |
| 04/17/25 vs Hickory | 3-2 |
| 04/14/25 @ Oil City | 5-0 |
| + 4 more games |
Slippery Rock strolled into their game on Wednesday with a perfect record and they left with the same. Everything went their way against Titusville as they made off with a 10-2 victory. Ten seems to be a good number for Slippery Rock as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Austan Runtas spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on two hits and racked up six Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Slippery Rock got a big performance out of Parker Dalcamo, who went 3-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. Those two RBI gave Dalcamo a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaac McCandless, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.
Slippery Rock always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .514. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Slippery Rock pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs over those games. As for Titusville, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 10-2.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Slippery Rock is set to challenge their familiar foe Franklin at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Titusville will face off against rival Sharon at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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