Middletown fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against East Providence on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the East Providence Townies by a score of 4-3. Middletown has not had much luck with East Providence recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Middletown saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Mello, who scored a run while going 3-for-5.
Middletown's defeat dropped their record down to 4-7. As for East Providence, their win bumped their record up to 9-2.
Middletown will head out on the road to take on Woonsocket at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Middletown is facing Woonsocket at the right time seeing as Woonsocket is stuck on an eight-game losing streak. As for East Providence, they will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against St. Raphael Academy at 6:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. Raphael Academy: 3.6, East Providence: 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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