Baseball Recap: Cranston West Falcons vs. North Kingstown Skippers
Cranston West fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against North Kingstown on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the North Kingstown Skippers by a score of 3-2. Cranston West has not had much luck with North Kingstown recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Michael Parks was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Cranston West saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Madden, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Cranston West's loss dropped their record down to 6-8. As for North Kingstown, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
While Cranston West had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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