Baseball Preview: Middletown Islanders vs. Tiverton Tigers
Middletown is 6-1 against Tiverton since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Middletown Islanders will look to defend their home field against the Tiverton Tigers at 4:00 p.m. Middletown is out to stop a three-game streak of losses at home.
On Tuesday, Middletown earned a 7-3 win over Tiverton.
Evan Levasseur made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Levasseur was also big at the plate, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with a home run and four runs.
In other batting news, Jacob Mello was incredible, going 3-for-5 with two runs, a triple, and a stolen base. Evan Agren was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Middletown has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-9 record this season. As for Tiverton, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
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