Cumberland and Johnston stay alive in high-school softball playoff action
SOFTBALL
Division I
Cumberland 1, East Providence 0
Caroline Lanzi's outstanding effort on the mound would be just enough for Cumberland to get by East Providence in the D-I one-loss-bracket final. Lanzi, who threw a complete-game shutout, allowing only two hits while striking out 10, outdueled Townies' hurler Keira Quadros, who was nearly as good as she gave only three hits with 10 strikeouts. The Clippers accounted for the only run in the fourth inning when Reilly Austin singled, went to second on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Bri Grenier. East Providence advances to the D-I consolation semifinals.
Division II
Johnston 4, South Kingstown 2
Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth, Johnston staged a two-out rally and went on to defeat the Rebels, 4-2, in the D-II losers' bracket. The inning was highlighted by an RBI single by Michelina Irons and a 3-run triple by Arianna Velasquez. Kaylin Foster got things started for the Panthers in the fifth, delivering a two-out single to left. Ava Waterman, pinch-running for Foster, stole second and scored on Irons' single to center. After two walks, Velasquez drilled a shot into the left-center field gap to clear the bases. Johnston moves on to the second round of the D-II losers' bracket and will face the winner of Wednesday's West Warwick-Woonsocket game.
Wednesday's schedule
BASEBALL
Division semifinals
Central/Cumberland at Hendricken, 4 p.m.
Barrington at East Greenwich 5 p.m.
Mount Pleasant at North Smithfield, 5 p.m.
Exeter/West Greenwich vs. West Warwick at McCarthy Field, 6:30 p.m.
SOFTBALL
Division II
Losers' bracket
Woonsocket at West Warwick, 5:30 p.m.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Division semifinals
Lincoln at Barrington, 6 p.m.
Mount St. Charles/North Smithfield at La Salle, 6 p.m.
Juanita Sanchez vs. Tolman/Shea at Tolman, 6 p.m.
Woonsocket at Johnston, 6 p.m.
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Cumberland and Johnston stay alive in the RIIL softball playoffs
