Baseball Game Preview: Tiverton Hits the Road

By Team Reports May 15, 2024, 3:18am

Baseball Preview: Tiverton Tigers vs. Middletown Islanders

Tiverton is 1-6 against Middletown since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Tiverton Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Middletown Islanders at 4:00 p.m.

On Tuesday, Tiverton came up short against Middletown and fell 7-3.

For Middletown's part, Evan Levasseur was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, 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.

Tiverton now has a losing record at 7-8. As for Middletown, they pushed their record up to 8-9 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.

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