The Smithfield Sentinels will face off against the Barrington Eagles at 4:45 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Smithfield 3.5, Barrington 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Smithfield is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: East Providence, who was ranked fifth at the time (Smithfield was ranked ninth). The Sentinels' pitchers stepped up to hand the Townies a 3-0 shutout on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Sentinels.
Tucker Byrnes made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over six innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Smithfield is undefeated when he allows at most two earned runs, but 3-5 otherwise. Byrnes was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one run and one double.
Gio Esposito
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Byrnes wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Gio Esposito, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI. Those two RBI gave Esposito a new career-high.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 12 runs the game before, Barrington was a bit more limited in their matchup on Wednesday. They lost 8-1 to La Salle Academy.
Barrington's loss dropped their record down to 10-4. As for Smithfield, their victory bumped their record up to 9-5.
Smithfield couldn't quite finish off Barrington in their previous matchup back in April of 2018 and fell 5-3. Can the Sentinels avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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