The Ponaganset Chieftains will face off against the St. Raphael Academy Saints at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. St. Raphael Academy took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Ponaganset, who comes in off a win.
Ponaganset's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Prout with a sharp 13-0 victory. The Chieftains might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by six runs or more this season.
Narragansett hit St. Raphael Academy with a four-run sixth inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Saints lost 8-1 to the Mariners. Saints fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team has lost against the Mariners since Tuesday.
Ponaganset is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. As for St. Raphael Academy, they have been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last eight matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 7-13 record this season.
Ponaganset beat St. Raphael Academy 3-0 when the teams last played back in April. Will the Chieftains repeat their success, or do the Saints have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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