Baseball Preview: Westerly Bulldogs vs. Middletown Islanders
The Westerly Bulldogs will head out on the road to square off against the Middletown Islanders at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Westerly is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: East Greenwich, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Westerly was ranked fifth). Westerly blew past East Greenwich 7-1. Westerly might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won five matchups by six runs or more this season.
Westerly let Nick Tria and Grayson Simmons loose on the outfield. Tria went 2-for-3 with two RBI, while Simmons scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Middletown owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Thursday. They walked away with a 5-0 win over Woonsocket.
Evan Levasseur made a splash no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 13 over 6.2 innings pitched. Levasseur has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Levasseur was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while going 3-for-4.
Levasseur wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Caleb Cinquegrana, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
The victory made it two in a row for Westerly and bumps their season record up to 9-3-1. As for Middletown, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-7 record this season.
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