PARMA, Ohio – Kelsey Murphy belted a home run and two doubles, and the Pirates collected seven extra-base hits as a team, as Rocky River defeated Parma, 11-7, on Thursday. Rocky River scored runs in five straight innings – the third through the seventh – as the Pirates kept a recent offense surge going in

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio — Rocky River was upended in extra innings on Tuesday, as the Pirates fell to the Normandy Invaders, 19-13. The Maroon & White knotted what was a see-saw affair — with a total of six ties and lead changes — by scoring a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh.

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio — The Rocky River Pirates were swept by the Westlake Demons in a non-conference home doubleheader on Saturday. The Demons piled up six extra-base hits in taking the opener, 16-13. The nightcap was also a tight battle save for one disaster inning in which Westlake batted around and plated 10 runs. The

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio – A bottom-of-the-sixth grand slam off the bat of senior Marissa Smiley spelled the back half of an eight-run surge, as the Pirates erased an early-game 8-1 deficit in an eventual 9-8 win over the Bay Rockets on Friday. Smiley’s slam was followed by Katie Mommers and the Pirate defense extricating themselves

ELYRIA, Ohio – Rocky River battled its way back from an early two-run deficit and eventually worked its way into extra innings, but the Pirates were felled by Elyria Catholic, 6-5, on the final line score. That line score stretched out into an eighth inning. In the home half of that final frame, the Panthers

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio – Pirate Softball returned to action on Monday and did so in style as Rocky River earned a 9-8 come-from-behind win over Elyria Catholic. The victory at Pirate Field marked the opening of the 2019 Great Lakes Conference season. Trailing, 8-4, heading into the home half of the sixth inning, Rocky River

VERMILION, Ohio — Rocky River returned to action after a six-day layoff, and a perhaps-rusty Pirate Nine was defeated handily by the host Vermilion Sailors on Thursday. Vermilion scored three runs in the first inning, four in the third and four more in the fourth en route to an 11-1, five-inning, run-rule victory. The Sailors

ROCKY RIVER. Ohio – Solid Wellington pitching held Rocky River to two runs on six hits, as the Dukes dealt the Pirates a 6-2 loss on Wednesday. River batters were held to six singles and a walk during the chilly early-evening hours at Pirate Field. Half of Rocky River’s hits came off the bat of

LORAIN, Ohio – Three big innings propelled the host Clearview Clippers to a 15-4 victory over Rocky River on Tuesday. Clearview plated four runs in the second inning and then five in the third and five more in the fourth en route to a five-inning run-rule romp over the Pirates. Rocky River (2-2) was out-hit,

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio — Rocky River dropped a 5-2 decision to the Brookside Cardinals on Monday. Three Pirate errors led to four unearned Brookside runs, and River bats struggled in the clutch, going just 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position on what was a 37-degree windswept afternoon at Pirate Field. “Our pitchers did a good