The Cranston East Thunderbolts will challenge the Middletown Islanders at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Cranston East has given up an average of 8.3 runs per game this season, but Saturday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Cranston East heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Thursday. They lost 15-0 to Tiverton. The Thunderbolts haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.
Meanwhile, Middletown owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Friday. They had just enough and edged out Shea 1-0.
Middletown's win bumped their record up to 12-8. As for Cranston East, their loss dropped their record down to 13-9.
Everything went Cranston East's way against Middletown in their previous meeting back in April, as Cranston East made off with a 14-0 victory. Will the Thunderbolts repeat their success, or do the Islanders have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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