Baseball Preview: Prout Crusaders vs. Mount St. Charles Academy Mounties
Prout is 2-7 against Mount St. Charles Academy since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Sunday. The Prout Crusaders will head out on the road to square off against the Mount St. Charles Academy Mounties at 12:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Prout is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Narragansett, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Prout was ranked 11th). Prout fell just short of Narragansett by a score of 2-1 on Saturday. 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.
Meanwhile, Mount St. Charles Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They fell just short of Westerly by a score of 4-3.
Brayden Slack was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a double. Another player making a difference was Landon LaPlante, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Prout's loss dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Mount St. Charles Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-13.
Prout took their victory against Mount St. Charles Academy when the teams last played on Monday by a conclusive 10-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Prout since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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