The Portsmouth Patriots will head out to challenge the Toll Gate Titans at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Portsmouth is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season.
Portsmouth is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: West Warwick, who was ranked ninth at the time (Portsmouth was ranked 21st). The Patriots lost 10-1 to the Wizards on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, the Patriots couldn't push the score so high this time.
Portsmouth saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emily Bronson, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with one stolen base.
East Greenwich hit Toll Gate with a four-run fifth inning on Wednesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Titans fell just short of the Avengers by a score of 7-5. That's two games in a row now that the Titans have lost by exactly two runs.
Avry Dewar made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
Toll Gate's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-8. As for Portsmouth, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-11.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Portsmouth has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Toll Gate struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 7.6 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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