On Wednesday, Coventry faced Rockville in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Coventry Patriots put the hurt on the Rockville Rams with a sharp 7-1 victory. Coventry might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won five matchups by six runs or more this season.
Ethan Hunt tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned run off eight hits.
On the hitting side, Coventry got a big performance out of Gavin Covell, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Jacob Wojtkowiak, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Coventry pushed their record up to 8-1 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Rockville, their loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 7-2.
Coventry will be playing in front of their home fans against Somers at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Somers: 3.8, Coventry: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Rockville, they will head out on the road to challenge Plainfield at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Rockville's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Plainfield's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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