St. Raphael Academy is 1-6 against Tiverton since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The St. Raphael Academy Saints will head out on the road to square off against the Tiverton Tigers at 4:00 p.m. St. Raphael Academy's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Tiverton's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
St. Raphael Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: East Greenwich, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (St. Raphael Academy was ranked 12th). St. Raphael Academy fell 6-2 to East Greenwich on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, St. Raphael Academy couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Tiverton has not done well against Middletown recently (they were 1-6 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Tiverton walked away with an 8-3 win over Middletown.
St. Raphael Academy's loss dropped their record down to 9-6. As for Tiverton, the victory got them back to even at 8-8.
St. Raphael Academy couldn't quite finish off Tiverton in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 and fell 7-5. Can St. Raphael Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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