Portsmouth is 0-5 against Bishop Hendricken since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Portsmouth Patriots will head out on the road to take on the Bishop Hendricken Hawks at 4:30 p.m. The last three games Portsmouth has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Portsmouth is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Moses Brown, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Portsmouth was ranked 18th). Portsmouth had just enough and edged Moses Brown out 2-1.
Meanwhile, Bishop Hendricken had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.1 runs), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 14-1 margin over the Knights. Bishop Hendricken might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won nine matchups by six runs or more this season.
Portsmouth now has a winning record of 9-8. As for Bishop Hendricken, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-1-1 record this season.
Portsmouth suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Bishop Hendricken when the teams last played on May 6th. Can Portsmouth avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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