It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact North Kingstown can now relate to. They fell just short of the East Greenwich Avengers by a score of 1-0 on Friday. North Kingstown has not had much luck with East Greenwich recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
For East Greenwich's part, their win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Ava Fairbanks, who went 1-for-3 with a home run. Fairbanks has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in 18 consecutive pitching appearances.
North Kingstown's defeat dropped their record down to 6-16. As for East Greenwich, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 13-7.
North Kingstown does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for East Greenwich, they will face off against Pilgrim on Tuesday. Pilgrim is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
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