Baseball Game Preview: Cranston West Leaves Home

By Team Reports May 4, 2024, 9:07pm

Baseball Preview: Cranston West Falcons vs. North Kingstown Skippers

Cranston West is 0-8-1 against North Kingstown since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Cranston West Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the North Kingstown Skippers at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

If Cranston West beats North Kingstown with 11 runs on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Everything went Cranston West's way against Moses Brown on Friday as Cranston West made off with an 11-1 victory. That looming 11-1 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Cranston West yet this season.

George Threats was incredible, scoring three runs while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Chris Barboza, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for North Kingstown, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Central with a sharp 8-1 win on Friday.

The victory made it two in a row for Cranston West and bumps their season record up to 6-7. As for North Kingstown, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.

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