Portsmouth is 0-4 against Bishop Hendricken since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Portsmouth Patriots will be playing at home against the Bishop Hendricken Hawks at 4:30 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Portsmouth is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Cranston East, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Portsmouth was ranked 18th). Portsmouth had just enough and edged Cranston East out 4-2.
Meanwhile, Bishop Hendricken had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.4 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Sunday. They won by a run and slipped past the Hawks 8-7.
Portsmouth now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Bishop Hendricken, their victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-1-1.
Portsmouth might still be hurting after the 11-0 defeat they got from Bishop Hendricken in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can Portsmouth avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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