Moses Brown is 7-1 against Smithfield since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Moses Brown Quakers will head out on the road to take on the Smithfield Sentinels at 4:30 p.m. The last three games Moses Brown has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
On Tuesday, it was a hard-fought match, but Moses Brown had to settle for an 8-7 loss against Prout. The defeat continues a trend for Moses Brown in their matchups with Prout: they've now lost four in a row.
Coco Medeiros and Finley Walsh did some serious damage despite the final result: Medeiros scored two runs while going 3-for-4, while Walsh went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Lorenco, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Smithfield was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They fell just short of Moses Brown by a score of 5-4.
Crystal Cacador put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out 13 batters over nine innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Cacador was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Cacador wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Skyla Oliveira, who went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Smithfield didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Moses Brown's defeat dropped their record down to 5-12. As for Smithfield, their loss dropped their record down to 6-12.
Moses Brown skirted past Smithfield 5-4 in their previous meeting on Monday. The rematch might be a little tougher for Moses Brown 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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