Baseball Preview: Prout Crusaders vs. North Providence Cougars
The Prout Crusaders will be playing in front of their home fans against the North Providence Cougars at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. North Providence took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Prout, who comes in off a win.
Prout is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: East Providence, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Prout was ranked eighth). Prout never let East Providence onto the board and left with a 4-0 win on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Prout.
Not much got past Ryan Barrett, who gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks to keep East Providence off the board.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Noah McParlin, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Derek Gesmondi, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, North Providence came up short against Lincoln on Thursday and fell 9-6. North Providence has not had much luck with Lincoln recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Prout is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for North Providence, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
Prout couldn't quite finish off North Providence in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 and fell 5-3. Will Prout have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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