The Barrington High School baseball team lost to East Greenwich 7-2 on Friday, June 9, and was eliminated from the Division II playoffs. 

The Eagles allowed a run in the first inning, but battled back to knot it up at 1-1. But Barrington struggled to slow down the Avengers on the base paths for most of the game, and trailed 3-1 late in the fifth inning. East Greenwich opened up a commanding advantage later in the game, and rolled to the 7-2 win. 

The Eagles forced the winner-take-all game when they knocked off the Avengers 5-4 on Wednesday, June 7. 

The Eagles built a 4-1 lead going into the seventh inning in Wednesday’s, powered by Eli Terrell and Grant Culton, who each had two hits and drove in runs. 

Meanwhile, Harrison Cooley pitched well for the Eagles, allowing only one run on one hit while striking out seven.

In the top of the seventh, Barrington’s Quinn Murphy smashed his third hit of the game — the junior roped a double over the right-fielder’s head. East Greenwich threw out Murphy as he tried to stretch it to a triple, but the hit scored Gabe Tanous and gave the Eagles a 5-1 lead heading into the bottom of the last inning.

That one run in the top of the seventh turned out to be the game-winner. 

East Greenwich opened the bottom of the seventh by loading the bases with two walks and an error by Barrington. The Avengers scored a run on a ground-ball out; Cooley, then playing shortstop, made a nice play to throw out a runner at second. 

East Greenwich cut the lead to 5-4 with a bloop single.

The Avengers had runners on second and third with two outs, but Barrington’s Evan Anderson caught a line drive to left-field and ended the game.