East Providence dropped their record down to 9-4 on Saturday, which also ended the team's three-game streak of wins at home. They fell 3-0 to the Smithfield Sentinels. The game marked the first time this season in which the Townies were not able to get on the board.
As for Smithfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 9-5 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games.
For Smithfield's part, Tucker Byrnes was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over six innings pitched. Byrnes also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Smithfield is undefeated when he allows at most two earned runs, but 3-5 otherwise. Byrnes was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one run and one double.
Byrnes wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Gio Esposito, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI. Those two RBI gave Esposito a new career-high.
We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. East Providence will take on rival Lincoln at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, Smithfield is set to challenge their familiar foe Barrington at 4:45 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Sentinels 3.5, the Eagles 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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