The Tiverton Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Exeter-West Greenwich Scarlet Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Tiverton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Davies Career & Tech, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Tiverton was ranked 20th). Tiverton fell just short of Davies Career & Tech by a score of 11-9 on Tuesday. Tiverton has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Delia Pieroni was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a home run and three runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Lyla Staskiewicz, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Even though they lost, Tiverton didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Davies Career & Tech only tossed five.
Meanwhile, Exeter-West Greenwich is still looking for their season's first win. They lost 16-3 to Shea on Tuesday.
Tiverton's defeat dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Exeter-West Greenwich, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
Everything went Tiverton's way against Exeter-West Greenwich in their previous meeting back in April as Tiverton made off with a 19-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tiverton since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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