The Smithfield Sentinels will head out to challenge the Barrington Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
Smithfield is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: East Providence, who was ranked third at the time (Smithfield was ranked 14th). The Sentinels fell just short of the Townies by a score of 2-1 on Friday. Having soared to a lofty 14 runs in the game before, the Sentinels couldn't push the score so high this time.
Jackson Chamberlin spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on four hits.
At the plate, Smithfield saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Sylvester, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Barrington had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-4 victory over the Rams.
Barrington's win bumped their record up to 11-4. As for Smithfield, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-7.
Everything went Smithfield's way against Barrington when the teams last played back in May of 2025, as Smithfield made off with an 8-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Sentinels since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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