Baseball Game Preview: Prout Crusaders vs. Narragansett Mariners

The Prout Crusaders will head out to challenge the Narragansett Mariners at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Prout is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Cranston East just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the Thunderbolts by a score of 13-12. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (ten), the Crusaders still had to take the loss.

Matthew Chofay

Runs

04/25/25 @ Cranston East	2
04/21/25 vs Rogers	2
04/18/25 @ Toll Gate	2
04/17/25 @ East Greenwich	2
04/23/25 @ St. Raphael Academy	1
+ 1 more games

Prout saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matthew Chofay, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one double. Chofay is becoming a predictor of the Crusaders' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 3-1 (and 1-4 when he doesn't).

Meanwhile, Narragansett faced Westerly in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. The Mariners took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs. The defeat continues a trend for the Mariners in their meetings with the Bulldogs: they've now lost five in a row.

Narragansett's loss dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Prout, they now have a losing record of 4-5.

The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Sunday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Prout has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.2 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Narragansett struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 8.7 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.

Prout suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Narragansett in their previous matchup last Tuesday. Can the Crusaders avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.