Baseball Preview: West Warwick Wizards vs. Toll Gate Titans
The West Warwick Wizards will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Toll Gate Titans at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (West Warwick has nine straight wins, Toll Gate has 13 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
West Warwick is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Johnston, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (West Warwick was ranked fourth). West Warwick had just enough and edged Johnston out 3-1.
Anthony Burt looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, West Warwick's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Joseph Riviera, who went 1-for-1 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Kody Fretts, who went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Toll Gate lost 11-1 to Moses Brown on Saturday. That's two games in a row now that Toll Gate has lost by exactly ten runs.
Jamie Luna made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and a double.
West Warwick pushed their record up to 9-0 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Toll Gate, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
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