The Blackstone Valley Prep PRIDE will venture away from home to square off against the Times Squared Academy Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Blackstone Valley Prep has three straight wins, Times Squared Academy has 18 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Blackstone Valley Prep is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Paul Cuffee get on the board and left with a 15-0 victory on Monday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the PRIDE with their most commanding win of the season.
Johan Medina was a major factor no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Those ten strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run.
Alex Torres
| 04/23/25 @ Times Squared Academy | 4 |
| 05/19/25 @ Paul Cuffee | 2 |
| 05/01/25 vs North Smithfield | 2 |
| 04/11/25 @ Juanita Sanchez Complex | 2 |
| 04/09/25 vs Classical | 2 |
| + 5 more games |
In other batting news, Blackstone Valley Prep let Alex Torres and Owen Castro run wild. Torres went 2-for-4 with four stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI, while Castro went a perfect 4-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and one stolen base. Torres has become a key player for Blackstone Valley Prep: the team is 4-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 6-7 otherwise. Adrian Fernandez Jimenez was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases and two runs.
Blackstone Valley Prep always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .632. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Times Squared Academy fell victim to Blackstone Valley Prep and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They came up short against the PRIDE, falling 10-0. That's two games in a row now that the Eagles have lost by exactly ten runs.
Times Squared Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-17. As for Blackstone Valley Prep, their record now sits at 10-8.
Everything went Blackstone Valley Prep's way against Times Squared Academy in their previous matchup on Thursday, as Blackstone Valley Prep made off with a 10-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the PRIDE since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
