Baseball Preview: RHAM Raptors vs. Southington Blue Knights
RHAM is on a six-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Southington is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The RHAM Raptors will take on the Southington Blue Knights at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
RHAM will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Wednesday (they won by 14) but last Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Newington 7-5.
Meanwhile, Southington faced Glastonbury in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Southington came out on top in a nail-biter against Glastonbury and snuck past 7-6.
Colin Crowley and Owen Widger did most of the damage at the plate: Crowley went 1-for-3 with a home run, while Widger scored a run while going 2-for-2. Caden Angelo was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
RHAM's win bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Southington, their victory bumped their record up to 14-0.
RHAM suffered a grim 9-3 defeat to Southington in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Thankfully for RHAM, Max Krom (who struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits (and only one walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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