The Barrington Eagles will face off against the Middletown Islanders at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Barrington has five straight wins, Middletown has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Barrington is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Moses Brown, who was ranked tenth at the time (Barrington was ranked 11th). The Eagles' pitchers stepped up to hand the Quakers a 7-0 shutout on Wednesday. Considering the Eagles have won four contests by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Middletown came up short against Chariho on Wednesday and fell 8-3.
Middletown saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evan Agren, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Those RBI were Agren's first of the season.
Middletown's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Barrington, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
Barrington took their win against Middletown in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 13-1 score. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Islanders have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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