Baseball Preview: Rogers Vikings vs. West Warwick Wizards
The Rogers Vikings will head out on the road to take on the West Warwick Wizards at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Rogers comes in on ten and West Warwick on 23.
Rogers is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Sunday. They beat Tolman by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 2-0.
The result came thanks to Robert Dufault's shutout, as he gave up just four hits and racked up ten Ks. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Darren Carter, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last eight games he's played.
Meanwhile, West Warwick can now show off 13 landslide victories after their most recent game on Sunday. They blew past Exeter-West Greenwich 11-1. West Warwick's victory was all the more impressive since Exeter-West Greenwich was averaging only 3.36 runs allowed on the season.
Rogers has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5-1 record this season. As for West Warwick, their win was their 16th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-0.
Rogers suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to West Warwick when the teams last played back in April. Can Rogers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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