The Prout Crusaders will head out to challenge the Cranston East Thunderbolts at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Prout has four straight victories, Cranston East has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Prout is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: St. Raphael Academy, who was ranked 25th at the time (Prout was ranked 23rd). The Crusaders came out on top against the Saints by a score of 10-6 on Wednesday.
Dylan Delgado was excellent, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one double. Jonathan Kent also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Meanwhile, Cranston East came up short against Cumberland on Thursday and fell 9-4.
Cranston East saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Torres, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one run. Joshua Gillen was another, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one run.
The win got Prout back to even at 4-4. As for Cranston East, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Prout couldn't quite get it done against Cranston East when the teams last played back in April of 2016 as they fell 5-1. Can the Crusaders avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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