Baseball Preview: Cranston East Thunderbolts vs. Cranston West Falcons
The Cranston East Thunderbolts will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cranston West Falcons at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Cranston East's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Cranston West's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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 20th in their home state at the time (Cranston East was ranked tenth). Cranston East's pitcher stepped up to hand Cranston West an 11-0 shutout on Friday. Considering Cranston East has won six games by more than eight runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Cranston West's batters probably weren't too happy with John Devine, who pitched a no hitter and racked up nine Ks (he gave up a single walk). Devine has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Carlos Merejo and Jayden Tolentino did most of the damage at the plate: Merejo scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Tolentino scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Jerusalen Leon, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
The victory (which was Cranston East's third in a row) raised their record to 10-6. As for Cranston West, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-10 record this season.
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