On Monday, Tiverton faced Shea in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Tiverton Tigers' pitcher stepped up to hand the Shea Raiders a 3-0 shutout. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Tiverton also won the last time the pair played back in April.
The result came thanks to Abby DeMello's shutout, as she gave up just five hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in ten consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Sara Poland, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and a double.
On Shea's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Laurel Christian, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles.
Tiverton's win bumped their record up to 9-7. As for Shea, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-5.
Tiverton will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Rogers at 4:30 p.m. Tiverton is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season. As for Shea, they are on the road again on Friday to play Central at 4:30 p.m.
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