The Rootstown Rovers will head out on the road to square off against the Coventry Comets at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Tuesday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Rootstown had to settle for an 8-7 defeat against Southeast. The loss continues a trend for Rootstown in their matchups with Southeast: they've now lost four in a row.
Joe Weaver was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Wednesday Coventry sidestepped Waterloo for a 4-3 win.
Tristin Philips spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned runs on seven hits and racked up seven Ks.
At the plate, Coventry saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Snyder, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Lucas Futrell was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Rootstown's defeat dropped their record down to 6-13. As for Coventry, their victory bumped their record up to 9-15.
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