After three games on the road, Cranston East is heading back home. They will take on the Toll Gate Titans at 4:45 p.m. on Monday. Cranston East's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Toll Gate's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Cranston East is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: North Kingstown, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Cranston East was ranked 14th). Cranston East never let North Kingstown onto the board and left with a 5-0 win on Friday.
The team relied heavily on Jayven Alexandre, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Tolentino, who went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Toll Gate came up short against Cranston West on Friday and fell 9-6. The defeat continues a trend for Toll Gate in their matchups with Cranston West: they've now lost five in a row.
Jack Colvin was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over 4.1 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Austin Wheeler made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI and a double. Michael Blair was another key contributor, scoring a run.
Cranston East's victory bumped their record up to 8-6. As for Toll Gate, their loss dropped their record down to 2-12.
Cranston East came up short against Toll Gate in their previous meeting on Tuesday, falling 6-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Toll Gate's Geoffrey Laliberte, who pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Now that Cranston East knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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