Baseball Preview: Blackstone Valley Prep PRIDE vs. Rogers Vikings
Blackstone Valley Prep has been on the road for two straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Rogers Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Blackstone Valley Prep will head into Monday's match ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on Tuesday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Monday was a bit more commanding. They lost 9-2 to Mt. Pleasant.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Rogers gave their fans yet another huge victory on Monday. They put the hurt on Juanita Sanchez Complex with a sharp 15-6 win. With that victory, Rogers brought their scoring average up to 6.5 runs per game.
Conor Donahue made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched three innings while giving up three earned runs off only one hit. Donahue was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-5 with four RBI, two runs, and a stolen base.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Benjamin Borgueta, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Cole Milburn was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Blackstone Valley Prep's loss dropped their record down to 2-14. As for Rogers, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5-1 record this season.
Blackstone Valley Prep came up short against Rogers in their previous matchup back in April, falling 3-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Donahue, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 14 over five innings pitched. Now that Blackstone Valley Prep knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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