La Salle Academy has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the East Greenwich Avengers at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday. La Salle Academy will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
La Salle Academy can now show off 15 landslide victories after their most recent contest on Thursday. Everything went their way against Cranston West as La Salle Academy made off with a 14-4 win. That's two games straight that La Salle Academy has won by exactly ten runs.
Hailey Vigneau spent all five innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned runs on five hits and racked up nine Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Diana Hall, who fired off two home runs and eight RBI while going 3-for-4. She is on a roll when it comes to home runs, as she's now launched at least one in the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Lily Roumelis, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Meanwhile, East Greenwich had already proven themselves in the regular season and they didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They never let Chariho onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory on Friday. The win was familiar territory for East Greenwich who now have seven in a row.
East Greenwich saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ava Fairbanks, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
La Salle Academy pushed their record up to 23-0 with that victory, which was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season. As for East Greenwich, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 15-7 record this season.
La Salle Academy took their win against East Greenwich in their previous meeting back in April by a conclusive 7-0. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Fairbanks, who struck out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up three earned (and four unearned) runs off six hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will La Salle Academy still be able to contain Fairbanks? There's only one way to find out.
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