The Mt. Pleasant Kilties will face off against the Cranston East Thunderbolts at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Mt. Pleasant comes in still looking for their first win of the season.
Mt. Pleasant lost 19-1 to Narragansett on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Cranston East got themselves on the board against Central Falls on Monday, but Central Falls never followed suit. They blew past the Warriors 15-0. The result was nothing new for the Thunderbolts, who have now won six games by ten runs or more so far this season.
Lexi Montalban made a splash while hitting and pitching. She struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts any time she's pitched this season. She was also big at the plate, going a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI and two runs. That's the most RBI she has posted since back in April of 2024.
In other batting news, Skylah Belmont-Gomez and Gianna Tocci did most of the damage at the plate: Belmont-Gomez got on base in all three of her plate appearances with two runs and two RBI, while Tocci got on base in all three of her plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Those two RBI gave Belmont-Gomez a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Leanna Garcia, who got on base in two of her three plate appearances with two runs and two RBI.
Cranston East always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .724. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Central Falls only posted an OBP of .200.
The victory made it two in a row for Cranston East and bumps their season record up to 7-3. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games. As for Mt. Pleasant, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
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