EPHS Softball Playoff Win; Baseball Season Over. Both Thrilling Games

Provencher, Patterson Big Bats in EP Softball Victory

Townie softball continues to stay alive in the RI playoffs with a thrilling come from behind 7-6 win over Prout on May 30th. East Providence was behind by 5 runs before they rallied back for the win in an away game. Prout scored 4 runs in the 1st and after three innings, they led the Townies 5-0. Ground outs, an error, a couple of hits and Prout took the early lead.

Trailing 5-0, the Townies roared back with 4 runs in the top of the 4th inning. Nethania Figueroa led off with a single. Emma Grimley doubled sending Figueroa to third base. Trinity Provencher, 4 for 4 on the day, singled for an RBI. Caroline Welch then singled to left field. Sylvie Patterson had a bunt sacrifice moving up the runners. Marianna Pina had an RBI hit and Provencher scored on a wild pitch. By the end of the inning, EP closed to one run behind at 5-4.

EP took the lead with two in the fifth after Provencher and Welch doubled. Prout then tied the game at 6 with a run in the bottom of the 5th. In the top of the 7th, with one out, Trinity Provencher blasted a home run to center field to put the Townies up by one. The 7-6 Townie lead held up for the win as EP stopped Prout in the 7th with three quick outs. Pitcher Marianna Pina earned the win for East Providence. Cassie Dulude also pitched for EP. EP had 16 hits to Prout’s 8 hits. Sylvia Patterson had three hits for EP.

East Providence stays alive in playoff play. www.ReporterToday.com  will provide tournament updates.

EPHS Baseball Townies ousted by Cumberland in a 6-5 Thriller

Down 4-0 after two innings, East Providence fought back to a 4-3 score in the fourth inning after a Tyler Dicecco 3-run homerun blast to ignite the team. Cumberland would come back with two more runs in the sixth inning to lead 6-3. EP fought back with two runs in the sixth and had the tying run on third in the seventh inning when the rally fell short. The Townies hopes were lifted when Colin Roche drove a double to center field. Pinch runner Alex Enright made it to third when Jayden Healy drove a sacrifice fly to left field. The Townie rally then ended and Cumberland moved on in the playoffs. East Providence back in Division 1 play after being in D2 for a couple years, made an impressive run during the season and playoffs.