The Narragansett Mariners will square off against the Prout Crusaders at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. Narragansett's hitters haven't had much luck over their past three games, but Sunday's match will give them a chance to turn things around.
Narragansett is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Westerly, who was ranked 12th at the time (Narragansett was ranked 16th). The Mariners took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs on Friday.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Prout's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of Cranston East 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.
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 has become a key player for the Crusaders: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 1-4 otherwise.
Prout now has a losing record of 4-5. As for Narragansett, their loss dropped their record down to 5-4.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Sunday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Narragansett has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Prout struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 7.2 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Everything went Narragansett's way against Prout in their previous meeting last Tuesday, as Narragansett made off with a 10-0 win. Will the Mariners repeat their success, or do the Crusaders have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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