On Monday, Portsmouth faced Ponaganset in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Portsmouth Patriots beat the Ponaganset Chieftains by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 7-3. Winning may never get old, but Portsmouth sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Mary Rainey spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on five hits and racked up six Ks.
At the plate, Portsmouth let Barbara Rainey and Kaelyn Mahoney loose on the outfield. Rainey scored three runs while going 3-for-3, while Mahoney scored a run while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Megan Malone, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
On Ponaganset's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maia Salvo, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Salvo has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Portsmouth is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Ponaganset, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-2.
Portsmouth will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against West Warwick at 5:00 p.m. As for Ponaganset, they will head out on the road to take on Burrillville at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Ponaganset is facing Burrillville at the right time seeing as Burrillville is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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