The Woonsocket Villa Novans will venture away from home to challenge the Burrillville Broncos at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. Woonsocket is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Woonsocket proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by ten) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Scituate a 1-0 shutout. 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.
Not much got past Patrick Munger, who gave up just two hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Scituate off the board. Munger has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Woonsocket's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jullian De Jesus, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Meanwhile, Burrillville faced North Providence in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. The Broncos walked away with a 4-0 win over the Cougars.
The result came thanks to Adam DeCesare's shutout, as he gave up just five hits and racked up eight Ks.
At the plate, Jordan Furtado was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two runs and one stolen base. Burrillville is undefeated when Furtado posts two or more runs, but 1-3 otherwise.
Burrillville's victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-3. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.2 runs over those games. As for Woonsocket, their record now sits at 11-0.
Woonsocket skirted past Burrillville 2-1 in their previous meeting on April 5th. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Villa Novans since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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