Baseball Game Preview: Woonsocket Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 17, 2024, 2:31am

Baseball Preview: Woonsocket Villa Novans vs. Westerly Bulldogs

The Woonsocket Villa Novans will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Westerly Bulldogs at 12:00 p.m.

Having struggled with 13 losses in a row, Woonsocket finally turned things around against Ponaganset on Tuesday. Woonsocket came out on top against Ponaganset by a score of 5-4 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).

Jullian Dejesus was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-3. Christopher Bousquet was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.

Meanwhile, Westerly faced East Providence in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Neither Westerly nor East Providence could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 4-4 tie.

Woonsocket's victory ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-13. With that tie, Westerly's record moves to 14-3-2.

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