Baseball Preview: North Providence Cougars vs. Chariho Chargers
The North Providence Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the Chariho Chargers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
North Providence's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Chariho 7-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for North Providence.
Not much got past Vincent Pontarelli, who gave up just six hits and racked up six Ks to keep Chariho off the board. Pontarelli has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than seven innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Michael Allard and Tony Abed did most of the damage at the plate: Allard scored two runs and stole three bases, while Abed scored a run while going 1-for-3. Allard is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of John Raftery, who scored a run while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
North Providence has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-11 record this season. As for Chariho, they dropped their record down to 6-9 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road.
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