The Cranston West Falcons will head out on the road to take on the East Providence Townies at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Cranston West is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Cumberland, who was ranked second at the time (Cranston West was ranked tenth). The Falcons fell 5-0 to the Clippers on Tuesday. The match marked the first time this season in which the Falcons were not able to get on the board.
Cranston West saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Madden, who went 3-for-4 with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, East Providence's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (3-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time.
Cranston West's loss dropped their record down to 11-13. As for East Providence, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-7.
Cranston West couldn't quite finish off East Providence in their previous meeting back in April and fell 4-2. Can the Falcons avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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