Baseball Preview: East Providence Townies vs. Smithfield Sentinels
The East Providence Townies will head out on the road to square off against the Smithfield Sentinels at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. East Providence will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
East Providence stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Ponaganset with a sharp 12-2 win.
East Providence got a big performance out of Kyler Lorenz, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Aidan Martins, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Smithfield was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of Toll Gate by a score of 5-4.
Tucker Byrnes was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he struck out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Byrnes has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Byrnes was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Byrnes wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Michael Villandry, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base.
East Providence's victory bumped their record up to 15-4-1. As for Smithfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-11-2.
East Providence came up short against Smithfield when the teams last played back in May of 2019, falling 5-1. Can East Providence avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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