Hope and Exeter-West Greenwich are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2016, but likely not for long. The Hope Blue Wave will head out on the road to square off against the Exeter-West Greenwich Scarlet Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Hope lost 9-1 to Tolman on Saturday. The loss continues a trend for Hope in their matchups with Tolman: they've now lost six in a row.
Hope saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Julio Minyety, who went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases and an RBI.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Exeter-West Greenwich's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Mt. Pleasant by a score of 3-2. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Exeter-West Greenwich couldn't push the score so high this time.
Hope's defeat dropped their record down to 4-9. As for Exeter-West Greenwich, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-3.
Hope might still be hurting after the 13-1 defeat they got from Exeter-West Greenwich in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Exeter-West Greenwich's James Smith, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run, four runs, and three RBI. Now that Hope knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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