Baseball Game Preview: Prouty Panthers vs. Montachusett RVT Bulldogs

The Prouty Panthers will venture away from home to take on the Montachusett RVT Bulldogs at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.

Prouty had to skate by with only a one-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the six-run drubbing they dealt Southbridge on Wednesday. The Panthers put the hurt on the Pioneers with a sharp 8-2 victory.

Meanwhile, after only one run in their last matchup, Montachusett RVT made sure to put some runs up on the board against North on Wednesday. The Bulldogs' pitchers stepped up to hand the Polar Bears a 14-0 shutout. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Bulldogs' hitters, who had struggled in the games prior.

Montachusett RVT is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.4 runs over those games. As for Prouty, their victory ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-11.