Baseball Preview: Cranston East Thunderbolts vs. North Kingstown Skippers
The Cranston East Thunderbolts will be playing in front of their home fans against the North Kingstown Skippers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Cranston East: 2.8, North Kingstown: 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Cranston East is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Cranston West, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Cranston East was ranked ninth). Cranston East walked away with a 6-1 victory over Cranston West on Monday. The win was familiar territory for Cranston East who now have four in a row.
Damien Wholey tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Carlos Merejo, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a home run and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Kelvin Santos, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, North Kingstown gave their fans yet another huge victory on Monday. They blew past Toll Gate 11-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for North Kingstown.
Cranston East has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for North Kingstown, their win bumped their record up to 11-5.
Cranston East was able to grind out a solid victory over North Kingstown when the teams last played last Friday, winning 5-0. Will Cranston East repeat their success, or does North Kingstown have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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