The Westerly Bulldogs will head out on the road to take on the East Providence Townies at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Westerly will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
Westerly is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: East Providence, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Westerly was ranked fourth). Westerly won by a run and slipped past East Providence 2-1. That's two games straight that Westerly has won by just one run.
For East Providence's part, Dylan Annicelli was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. Annicelli has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, East Providence saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kyler Lorenz, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Westerly has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3-1 record this season. As for East Providence, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-4.
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