Baseball Preview: Scituate Spartans vs. West Warwick Wizards
The Scituate Spartans will head out on the road to take on the West Warwick Wizards at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Scituate is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Exeter-West Greenwich out 8-7. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Scituate.
The team relied heavily on John David O'Hara, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaiden Durand, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, West Warwick put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past North Smithfield 3-2.
Anthony Burt made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched 2.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Burt has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances. Burt was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Burt wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Zackary Lawrence, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and an RBI.
Scituate's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-8. As for West Warwick, their record now sits at 20-0.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Wednesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Scituate has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 4.7 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like West Warwick struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.4. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Scituate came up short against West Warwick in their previous meeting on May 9th, falling 4-1. Can Scituate avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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