The South Portland Red Riots are on the road again on Thursday to play the Falmouth Navigators. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
South Portland is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They walked away with a 6-2 victory over Deering.
Meanwhile, Falmouth was able to grind out a solid win over Windham last Saturday, taking the game 6-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Falmouth.
Tyler Simmons made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Simmons has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances. Simmons was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and a stolen base.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Tony Severino, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
South Portland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for Falmouth, their victory bumped their record up to 13-3.
South Portland suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Falmouth in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Falmouth's Brennan Rumpf, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over seven innings pitched. Now that South Portland 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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