Baseball Preview: Tiverton Tigers vs. Prout Crusaders
The Tiverton Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Prout Crusaders at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Prout took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Tiverton, who comes in off a win.
Tiverton will head into Thursday's match on the come-up: they were handed a seven-run defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against East Greenwich on Thursday. Tiverton skirted past East Greenwich 4-2.
The team relied heavily on Payton Travis, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Cayden Rego, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Prout's offense. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Barrington on Thursday. The contest marked the first time this year in which Prout was not able to get on the board.
The win got Tiverton back to even at 7-7. As for Prout, their loss dropped their record down to 8-7.
Tiverton might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Prout in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Prout's Andrew Nowell, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. Now that Tiverton knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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