The Middletown Islanders will take on the Rogers Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Friday, Middletown came up short against Portsmouth and fell 7-3. The Islanders haven't had much luck with the Patriots recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Middletown saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evan LeVasseur, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run, one double, and one RBI. That double was LeVasseur's first of the season.
Meanwhile, Rogers was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 3-2 heartbreaker at the hands of Scituate.
Jack Rosa was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits.
Middletown's loss dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Rogers, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-8.
Middletown beat Rogers 5-2 when the teams last played back in May of 2024. Do the Islanders have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Vikings turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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