With a playoff game on the line, Westerly rose to the challenge on Thursday. They blew past the East Greenwich Avengers 8-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Westerly.
Westerly got a great performance from Michael Poole as he struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Poole has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Tom Fiore was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Ferando, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Westerly is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6-1 record this season. As for East Greenwich, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-8.
Westerly will have a chance to go back-to-back against East Greenwich: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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