Moses Brown is 1-6 against South Kingstown since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Moses Brown Quakers will head out on the road to challenge the South Kingstown Rebels at 4:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Moses Brown: 3.4, South Kingstown: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Moses Brown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Smithfield, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Moses Brown was ranked 14th). Moses Brown came out on top against Smithfield by a score of 5-2 on Tuesday.
Will Haggerty made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Haggerty has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Haggerty was also stellar in the batter's box, 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.
Meanwhile, South Kingstown put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against Portsmouth as South Kingstown made off with an 11-1 victory.
Moses Brown has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for South Kingstown, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
Moses Brown came up short against South Kingstown in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, falling 10-7. Can Moses Brown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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