Baseball Recap: Cumberland Drops Season-High Score on Mt. Hope

Clippers

Team Score (Highest)

05/01/25 @ Mt. Hope	21
04/18/25 @ Coventry	15
03/29/25 @ Cranston East	10
04/24/25 vs Cranston East	9
04/22/25 @ Cranston West	8

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cumberland). They blew past the Mt. Hope Huskies 21-1 on Thursday. With that victory, the Clippers brought their scoring average up to 7.2 runs per game.

Cumberland got a great performance from Marcus Gomes as he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Gomes has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks any time he's pitched this season.

At the plate, Cumberland let Andrew Nocera and Micah Cousineau run wild. Nocera went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base, while Cousineau went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and one stolen base. The dominant performance also gave Nocera a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Brody Enos, who went 1-for-2 with three RBI, two runs, and one stolen base.

Cumberland always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .585. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Cumberland's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-4. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Mt. Hope, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-12.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Cumberland will face off against rival Cranston West at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Mt. Hope is set to challenge their familiar foe Cranston East at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.