The Barrington Eagles are taking a road trip to take on the Smithfield Sentinels at 4:45 p.m. on Monday. Barrington's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Smithfield's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Barrington is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: La Salle Academy, who was ranked third at the time (Barrington was ranked tenth). The Eagles came up short against the Rams on Wednesday, falling 8-1. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, the Eagles couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Smithfield owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Saturday. They came out on top against East Providence by a score of 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Sentinels.
Tucker Byrnes was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over six innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Smithfield is undefeated when he allows at most two earned runs, but 3-5 otherwise. Byrnes was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one run and one double.
Byrnes wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Gio Esposito, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI. Those two RBI gave Esposito a new career-high.
Barrington's loss dropped their record down to 10-4. As for Smithfield, their record now sits at 9-5.
Barrington came out on top in a nail-biter against Smithfield in their previous matchup back in April of 2018, sneaking past 5-3. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Sentinels have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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