The Tiverton Tigers will face off against the Cranston East Thunderbolts on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Tiverton comes in on four and Cranston East on 15.
Tiverton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They skirted past Shea 7-6.
Abby DeMello spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered five earned (and one unearned) runs on 13 hits and racked up nine Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in 13 consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Sara Poland, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. She has been hot recently, having posted three or more hits the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Carlie Martin, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Cranston East faced Davies Career & Tech in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Cranston East walked away with a 5-2 victory over Davies Career & Tech. Five seems to be a good number for Cranston East as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Isabella Sousa was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out 16 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Sousa was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Sousa wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Nevaeh Fatorma, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Tiverton is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Cranston East, they pushed their record up to 15-0 with that victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
Tiverton might still be hurting after the 6-0 defeat they got from Cranston East in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sousa, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 13 over 6.2 innings pitched. Now that Tiverton knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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