The Johnston Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Barrington Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Johnston: 3.6, Barrington: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Johnston is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Prout, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Johnston was ranked 16th). Johnston skirted past Prout 8-7.
Johnston got a great performance from Emmanuel Rios as he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off eight hits.
At the plate, Johnston saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Christopher Civetti, who went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Civetti has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Dean Paris was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Barrington stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They blew past Burrillville 10-4. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Barrington.
Johnston has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-5 record this season. As for Barrington, they pushed their record up to 8-3 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Johnston couldn't quite finish off Barrington in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 and fell 6-4. Can Johnston avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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