The St. Raphael Academy Saints will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Ponaganset Chieftains at 4:00 p.m. Ponaganset took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on St. Raphael Academy, who comes in off a win.
St. Raphael Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Middletown, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (St. Raphael Academy was ranked 16th). St. Raphael Academy's pitchers stepped up to hand Middletown a 4-0 shutout on Thursday.
Ponaganset lost 7-1 to Westerly on Thursday. Ponaganset has not had much luck with Westerly recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
St. Raphael Academy's victory bumped their record up to 8-5. As for Ponaganset, their loss dropped their record down to 5-9.
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