The Narragansett Mariners will venture away from home to square off against the East Greenwich Avengers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Narragansett's pitching crew has only allowed 2.8 runs per game this season, so East Greenwich's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Narragansett is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Chariho, who was ranked 19th at the time (Narragansett was ranked 16th). The Mariners fell 6-3 to the Chargers on Tuesday. The Mariners have struggled against the Chargers recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.
Narragansett saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sam Simoes, who went 1-for-2 with one triple and one run. That hit was Simoes' first of the season.
Middletown hit East Greenwich with a four-run second inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Avengers fell just short of the Islanders by a score of 8-7. The Avengers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
East Greenwich's defeat dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Narragansett, the loss was their first at home , dropping their record down to 6-5.
Narragansett came out on top in a nail-biter against East Greenwich when the teams last played back in April of 2024, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Mariners since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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