Baseball Preview: Mount St. Charles Academy Mounties vs. Prout Crusaders
Mount St. Charles Academy is 7-2 against Prout since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Sunday. The Mount St. Charles Academy Mounties will be playing in front of their home fans against the Prout Crusaders at 12:00 p.m. Mount St. Charles Academy has now lost ten straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since April 25.
On Saturday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Mount St. Charles Academy had to settle for a 4-3 defeat against Westerly.
Brayden Slack was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a double. Landon LaPlante was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Prout faced Narragansett in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Prout fell just short of Narragansett by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Prout couldn't push the score so high this time.
Prout saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Barrett, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base. Barrett has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Mount St. Charles Academy's loss dropped their record down to 5-13. As for Prout, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-8 record this season.
Mount St. Charles Academy might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Prout in their previous meeting on Monday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Barrett, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Now that Mount St. Charles Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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