The Smithfield Sentinels will be playing in front of their home fans against the East Providence Townies at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Smithfield is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak.
Smithfield fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Toll Gate on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Titans by a score of 5-4.
Tucker Byrnes put in work while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Byrnes has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Byrnes was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Byrnes wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Michael Villandry, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, East Providence can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Ponaganset 12-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for East Providence.
East Providence got a big performance out of Kyler Lorenz, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Aidan Martins, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Smithfield's loss dropped their record down to 7-11-2. As for East Providence, their victory bumped their record up to 15-4-1.
Smithfield beat East Providence 5-1 when the teams last played back in May of 2019. Does Smithfield have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Providence turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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