The Chariho Chargers will head out on the road to challenge the St. Mary Academy-Bay View Bengals at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Chariho's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so St. Mary Academy-Bay View's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Chariho is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Cumberland, who was ranked 25th at the time (Chariho was ranked third). The Chargers put the hurt on the Clippers with a sharp 9-1 victory on Monday. Considering the Chargers have won eight matchups by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, St. Mary Academy-Bay View was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They came up short against Moses Brown, falling 17-7. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Caitlin Pierce led a balanced group of hitters, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. That home run marked the first that she has launched this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Qiana Sumner, who went 1-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Chariho is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.6 runs over those games. As for St. Mary Academy-Bay View, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.
Chariho took their victory against St. Mary Academy-Bay View when the teams last played back in May of 2024 by a conclusive 9-0 score. Do the Chargers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bengals turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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