On Tuesday, Prout faced East Providence in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Prout Crusaders' pitcher stepped up to hand the East Providence Townies a 4-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Prout.
Not much got past Ryan Barrett, who gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks to keep East Providence off the board.
At the plate, Noah McParlin was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. Derek Gesmondi was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Prout is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for East Providence, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 8-1.
Prout will be playing at home against North Providence at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Prout's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so North Providence's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for East Providence, they will be playing at home against East Greenwich at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. East Providence will be looking to keep their eight-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
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