Baseball Recap: Six Straight Road Victories for Woonsocket

Woonsocket is still undefeated this season after their match against Providence Country Day on Thursday, but Providence Country Day came as close as anyone has to beating them. The Villa Novans had just enough and edged out the Knights 8-6. Eight seems to be a good number for the Villa Novans as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Braylon Guilbeault was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over 4.1 innings pitched. Those nine strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and one double. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last four games he's played.

In other batting news, Woonsocket let CJ Bosquet and Joseph Greenless run wild. Bosquet went 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double, while Greenless earned three runs and two stolen bases. That double was Bosquet's first of the season.

Woonsocket's win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0. As for Providence Country Day, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Woonsocket is set to square off against their familiar foe Times Squared Academy at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Providence Country Day will challenge rival North Smithfield at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.