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| 04/16/25 - Away | 10-4 W |
| 05/24/24 - Away | 3-7 L |
| 05/20/24 - Away | 1-2 L |
| 05/18/24 - Home | 3-2 W |
| 05/22/23 - Away | 7-3 W |
| + 5 more games |
Moses Brown and Portsmouth are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2017, but likely not for long. The Quakers will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Patriots at 1:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Moses Brown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: East Providence, who was ranked eighth at the time (Moses Brown was ranked 14th). The Quakers fell just short of the Townies by a score of 1-0 on Wednesday. The game snapped a strange streak: the last three times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Meanwhile, Portsmouth didn't have quite enough to beat Mt. Hope on Thursday and fell 5-4.
Portsmouth got a good showing from Brady MacDonald, who pitched four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits. That's the fewest earned runs MacDonald has allowed since back in April.
On the hitting side, Emmett Greenwood made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base. He is becoming a predictor of Portsmouth's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 3-1 (and 3-9 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Casey Cord, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Moses Brown dropped their record down to 6-11 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Portsmouth, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-10.
Everything went Moses Brown's way against Portsmouth when the teams last played back in April, as Moses Brown made off with a 10-4 win. Will the Quakers repeat their success, or do the Patriots have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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