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| 04/26/24 - Home | 15-8 W |
| 04/28/23 - Away | 5-0 W |
| 05/28/22 - Home | 2-0 W |
| 05/24/21 - Away | 2-5 L |
| 05/30/19 - Neutral | 5-3 W |
| + 5 more games |
Coventry and East Providence are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2016, but likely not for long. The Oakers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Townies at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Coventry is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
Coventry is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: St. Raphael Academy, who was ranked fifth at the time (Coventry was ranked eighth). The Oakers took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Saints on Tuesday. The Oakers were red-hot at the plate heading into the contest (they scored no less than ten runs in the three games prior), but the Saints' pitcher proved too tough.
Sage SoareS spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned runs on five hits.
On the hitting side, Coventry saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emily Spadoni, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one double.
Meanwhile, East Providence had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They skirted past Moses Brown 9-7. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Townies have posted against the Quakers since May 18, 2022.
Audrey Bernard was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. Caroline Welch was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double.
Coventry's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-6. As for East Providence, their victory bumped their record up to 8-9.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Coventry hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like East Providence struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 0.5 home runs. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Everything went Coventry's way against East Providence in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, as Coventry made off with a 15-8 win. Will the Oakers repeat their success, or do the Townies have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
