It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact East Greenwich can now relate to. They lost 8-1 to the Westerly Bulldogs on Thursday. East Greenwich's defeat signaled the end of their ten-game winning streak.
For Westerly's part, Michael Poole tossed a big game, striking out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Poole has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Tom Fiore, who scored 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.
East Greenwich's loss dropped their record down to 18-8. As for Westerly, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6-1 record this season.
While East Greenwich had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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