Baseball Preview: Tolman Tigers vs. Hope Blue Wave
Tolman is 6-0 against Hope since May of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Tolman Tigers will be playing at home against the Hope Blue Wave at 4:30 p.m. Tolman will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
Tolman is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Scituate, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Tolman was ranked 17th). Tolman's pitchers stepped up to hand Scituate an 8-0 shutout on Saturday. Considering Tolman has won six contests by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Saturday just wasn't the day for Hope's offense. They lost 13-0 to Mt. Pleasant on Saturday. The defeat continues a trend for Hope in their matchups with Mt. Pleasant: they've now lost nine in a row.
Tolman has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for Hope, their loss dropped their record down to 5-11.
Tolman took their win against Hope in their previous matchup on May 4th by a conclusive 9-1. Will Tolman repeat their success, or does Hope have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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