Baseball Game Preview: Mt. Hope Huskies vs. Barrington Eagles

The Mt. Hope Huskies will face off against the Barrington Eagles at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.

Mt. Hope will face Barrington after dropping another heartbreaker against Lincoln on Tuesday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 2.1 of beating them. The Huskies fell just short of the Lions by a score of 5-3. The Huskies haven't had much luck with the Lions recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.

Mt. Hope saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brian Abbruzzi, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another was Trace Dubois, who went 1-for-4 with three RBI and one triple.

Meanwhile, Barrington beat Coventry 5-2 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.

Mt. Hope now has a losing record of 1-2. As for Barrington, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.