Ravenna is 0-5 against Rootstown since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Ravenna Ravens will be playing in front of their home fans against the Rootstown Rovers at 4:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Ravenna fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Rittman on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Indians by a score of 8-7. Ravenna has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Logan Hysell put in work no matter where he played. He pitched five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Hysell has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Hysell was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Connor Welling and James Evavns stepped up to the plate in a big way. Welling scored two runs and stole four bases while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances, while Evavns got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Rootstown came up short against Crestwood on Saturday and fell 9-4.
Rootstown saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Biggin, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases.
Ravenna's loss dropped their record down to 7-19. As for Rootstown, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-15.
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