The Johnston Panthers will be playing at home against the Narragansett Mariners at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Johnston has four straight victories, Narragansett has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Johnston is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Westerly, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Johnston was ranked 12th). Johnston never let Westerly onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Monday.
Not much got past Haley Boudreau, who gave up just four hits and racked up 13 Ks to keep Westerly off the board. Boudreau has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Johnston's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Bella Boudreau, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Narragansett came up short against Portsmouth on Friday and fell 7-3.
Johnston is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Narragansett, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7.
Everything went Johnston's way against Narragansett in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Johnston made off with a 14-1 win. Will Johnston repeat their success, or does Narragansett have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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