The North Smithfield Northmen will be playing at home against the Juanita Sanchez Complex Cavaliers at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
North Smithfield's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They skirted past Classical 2-0. That's two games straight that North Smithfield has won by exactly two runs.
Not much got past Kayden Artruc, who gave up just two hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Classical off the board. Artruc has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, North Smithfield's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Nick Tremblay, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Juanita Sanchez Complex was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 10-2 to Scituate.
The victory got North Smithfield back to even at 8-8. As for Juanita Sanchez Complex, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-7.
Everything went North Smithfield's way against Juanita Sanchez Complex in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as North Smithfield made off with a 14-0 win. Does North Smithfield have another victory up their sleeve, or will Juanita Sanchez Complex turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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