Sentinels
| 04/14/25 @ Prout | 5 |
| 04/09/25 vs Cumberland | 10 |
| 04/05/25 vs Scituate | 13 |
| 04/03/25 @ East Providence | 10 |
| 04/01/25 vs La Salle Academy | 1 |
The Smithfield Sentinels will challenge the St. Mary Academy-Bay View Bengals at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Smithfield is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
Smithfield is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Prout, who was ranked tenth at the time (Smithfield was ranked ninth). The Sentinels took a 9-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Crusaders on Monday. The Sentinels' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Smithfield saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Giannah Tutt, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI. That RBI marked the first that Tutt has brought in this season.
Meanwhile, St. Mary Academy-Bay View was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They came up short against Coventry, falling 17-0.
St. Mary Academy-Bay View's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Smithfield, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
St. Mary Academy-Bay View's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Tuesday. Smithfield has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.4 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for St. Mary Academy-Bay View, though, as they've been averaging only 3 strikeouts. Will Smithfield keep running through batters, or will the Bengals buck the trend?
Everything went Smithfield's way against St. Mary Academy-Bay View in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, as Smithfield made off with an 11-4 victory. Do the Sentinels have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bengals turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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