Baseball Game Preview: Hope Blue Wave vs. Tiverton Tigers

The Hope Blue Wave will face off against the Tiverton Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Hope will be strutting in after a win while Tiverton will be coming in after a defeat.

Hope made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Times Squared Academy, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Blue Wave never let the Eagles get on the board and left with a 37-0 victory on Wednesday. The Blue Wave's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.

Meanwhile, Tiverton didn't have quite enough to beat Middletown on Friday and fell 4-2. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Tiverton saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nate Tavares, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Noah Mercer also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.

Hope's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Tiverton, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.