Baseball Game Preview: Burrillville Broncos vs. Woonsocket Villa Novans

Burrillville is on a six-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Woonsocket is on a seven-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Broncos will welcome the Villa Novans at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Burrillville 3.8, Woonsocket 1.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Burrillville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: North Providence, who was ranked sixth at the time (Burrillville was ranked 13th). The Broncos' pitcher stepped up to hand the Cougars a 4-0 shutout on Wednesday.

Not much got past Adam DeCesare, who gave up just five hits and racked up eight Ks to keep North Providence off the board. DeCesare has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances.

Jordan Furtado

Runs

04/23/25 vs North Providence	2
04/18/25 vs Central	2
04/15/25 @ Chariho	2
04/14/25 vs Johnston	2
04/09/25 vs Ponaganset	2
+ 1 more games

On the hitting side, Jordan Furtado was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two runs and one stolen base. He is becoming a predictor of Burrillville's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 1-3 when he doesn't).

Meanwhile, Woonsocket sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over Scituate on Wednesday. Those one runs were actually the fewest the Villa Novans have put up all season, but given the result they're probably not too concerned.

The result came thanks to Patrick Munger's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up eight Ks.

At the plate, Woonsocket saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jullian De Jesus, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.

Burrillville's victory bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Woonsocket, their win bumped their record up to 11-0.