Baseball Preview: Cranston East Thunderbolts vs. North Kingstown Skippers
The Cranston East Thunderbolts will square off against the North Kingstown Skippers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Cranston East is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Cranston East is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: North Kingstown, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Cranston East was ranked eighth). Cranston East won by a run and slipped past North Kingstown 5-4.
John Devine tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Jayden Tolentino was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs. Another player making a difference was Kelvin Santos, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Cranston East has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for North Kingstown, they pushed their record up to 13-6 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
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