Smithfield is 1-6 against Cumberland since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Smithfield Sentinels will head out on the road to challenge the Cumberland Clippers at 4:00 p.m. Neither Smithfield nor Cumberland posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Smithfield is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Coventry, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Smithfield was ranked 22nd). Smithfield fell just short of Coventry by a score of 1-0 on Wednesday. The match marked the first time this year in which Smithfield was not able to get on the board.
Smithfield got a good showing from Luca Simonelli, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, Smithfield saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dominic Bellini, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base. Bellini has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Cumberland didn't have quite enough to beat South Kingstown on Wednesday and fell 3-2. Cumberland has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Smithfield's defeat dropped their record down to 5-7. As for Cumberland, their loss dropped their record down to 8-3.
Smithfield came up short against Cumberland in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, falling 6-2. Can Smithfield avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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