The Cranston East Thunderbolts will venture away from home to square off against the Johnston Panthers at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Cranston East is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Classical, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Cranston East was ranked 19th). Cranston East fell just short of Classical by a score of 1-0 on Tuesday. The matchup was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Thunderbolts couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, Johnston was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 8-1 to Exeter-West Greenwich.
This is the second loss in a row for Cranston East and nudges their season record down to 6-6-3. As for Johnston, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-14.
Cranston East took their win against Johnston in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 6-0. Will Cranston East repeat their success, or does Johnston have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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