Middletown won the last time they faced Tiverton, and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Middletown Islanders walked away with a 7-3 victory over the Tiverton Tigers. The win made it back-to-back victories for Middletown.
Evan Levasseur made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Levasseur was also big at the plate, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with a home run and four runs.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jacob Mello, who went 3-for-5 with two runs, a triple, and a stolen base. Evan Agren was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
On Tiverton's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Garside, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Middletown pushed their record up to 8-9 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Tiverton, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
Middletown will have a chance to go back-to-back against Tiverton: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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