The East Providence Townies will head out on the road to challenge the East Greenwich Avengers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. East Providence is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
On Tuesday, East Providence came up short against St. Raphael Academy and fell 6-2.
Shelby Quinn was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base and a double.
Meanwhile, East Greenwich faced Chariho in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. East Greenwich might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 6-5 to Chariho, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. With that defeat, East Greenwich now have a three game overall losing streak to go with their drought on the road.
East Providence's record is now 1-9. As for East Greenwich, their record now sits at 5-5.
Everything went East Providence's way against East Greenwich in their previous matchup back in April of 2016 as East Providence made off with an 8-1 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was East Greenwich's Cora Geunes, who struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and seven unearned) runs off six hits (and only one walk). Now that she won't be playing on Thursday, will it be that much easier for East Providence to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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