On Tuesday, Moses Brown faced Smithfield in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Moses Brown Quakers came out on top against the Smithfield Sentinels by a score of 5-2. For Moses Brown, this counts as revenge for the 2-1 defeat Smithfield walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April of 2023.
Will Haggerty made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Haggerty has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Haggerty was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Haggerty wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was David Murphy, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Moses Brown is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Smithfield, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-3.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Moses Brown will square off against South Kingstown at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. South Kingstown will roll in looking for their seventh straight win, something Moses Brown surely won't give up without a fight. As for Smithfield, they will head out on the road to take on Bishop Hendricken at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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