The Pilgrim Patriots will be playing at home against the East Providence Townies at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The timing is sure in Pilgrim's favor as the squad sits on five straight wins at home while East Providence has been banged up by eight consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
Pilgrim is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Smithfield, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Pilgrim was ranked sixth). Pilgrim never let Smithfield onto the board and left with a 10-0 win on Saturday. Pilgrim might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won six games by six runs or more this season.
The result came thanks to Gretchen Dombeck's shutout, as she gave up just four hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season.
At the plate, Pilgrim got a massive performance out of Skylar Hawes, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Carli Harker, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
East Providence lost 11-3 to Moses Brown on Thursday.
East Providence saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Shelby Quinn, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Pilgrim is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for East Providence, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-12.
East Providence's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Pilgrim has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 9.1 hits per game. It's a different story for East Providence, though, as they've been averaging 12. Given Pilgrim's sizable advantage in that area, East Providence will need to find a way to close that gap.
Pilgrim took their victory against East Providence in their previous meeting back in April by a conclusive 12-0. Will Pilgrim repeat their success, or does East Providence have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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