Baseball Game Preview: Providence Country Day on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 18, 2024, 10:22am

Baseball Preview: Providence Country Day Knights vs. Classical Purple

The Providence Country Day Knights will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Classical Purple at 4:00 p.m. Providence Country Day is coming into the contest on a five-game losing streak.

Providence Country Day lost 11-2 to Rogers on Friday.

Meanwhile, Classical scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Friday. They never let Davies Career & Tech onto the board and left with an 11-0 win. The high-scoring effort was just what Classical needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.

Tyler Lee and Asher Westberg-Rubin did most of the damage at the plate: Lee scored three runs while going 3-for-4, while Westberg-rubin scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was William Rocchio, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Providence Country Day's loss dropped their record down to 5-12. As for Classical, their victory bumped their record up to 10-7.

Providence Country Day came up short against Classical when the teams last played back in April, falling 6-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lee, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 14 over seven innings pitched. Now that Providence Country Day knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.

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