Baseball Preview: North Smithfield Northmen vs. Scituate Spartans
The North Smithfield Northmen have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Scituate Spartans at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
North Smithfield's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 14-0 margin over Davies Career & Tech. For those curious, yes, that was the biggest victory North Smithfield has managed all season.
Meanwhile, Scituate put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Monday. Everything went their way against Paul Cuffee as Scituate made off with a 10-0 win. The high-scoring effort was just what Scituate needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
John David O'Hara made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over six innings pitched. O'Hara has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. O'Hara was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Paul Zolkos was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Bryan Guy, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
The victory got North Smithfield back to even at 9-9. As for Scituate, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season.
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