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PROVIDENCE – Hendricken baseball hurried its way into the summer.
Another dynasty awaited the Hawks, and they didn’t spend any extra time at Pontarelli Field. Hendricken strung together a pair of mercy-rule victories over East Providence for a third consecutive state championship.
No. 1 Hendricken (17-2) capped its 25th overall title with a 17-2 win in six innings of Game 2 on a breezy afternoon at Rhode Island College on Saturday, June 6. The title sweep opened with a 10-0 run rule triumph in Game 1 on Thursday. The Hawks suffered their only in-state loss to third-ranked East Providence (15-4) in April as the Townies tossed a complete-game shutout. But Hendricken blitzed East Providence early on Saturday with five runs through two innings.
“It feels incredible. We’re back on top, and I hope it keeps going for as long as we can,” Hendricken’s Parker Boyd said. “That was the motto we’ve been talking about all yesterday – just jump on them early. We saw [East Providence starter] JJ Renaud that first game and he beat us, so we wanted revenge more than anything today. We knew what we were going to get and stuck to our approach.”
The Hawks stole five bases in two innings in the aggressive attack against the Townies. Mason Crain hit a two-RBI single to the right side in the opening inning and Boyd found the right-center gap for a RBI triple in the second. That was plenty of cushion for Hendricken’s Jordi Burgos as the junior tossed five innings of two-hit baseball with seven strikeouts to four walks.
“I felt like we had momentum there, and I felt like it was going our way,” Boyd said of the second-inning spurt. “Honestly, senior year, I just wanted to go out and have fun and I wanted to leave my mark, and I felt like we did.”
“We had already seen [Renaud], and he’s a great pitcher,” Dylan Poloski said. “But luckily for us, we already saw him for seven innings. He did so good against us the first time, so we knew what he was going to bring, and we knew how to attack him.”
Hendricken erupted for 10 runs in the sixth inning to reach the mercy rule. The Hawks compiled 17 hits in the game, including a home run by Yadier Blanco in the fourth stanza. Boyd, Crain and Poloski combined for 8-for-12 and five RBIs at the top of Hendricken’s lineup. And Edgar Rodriguez nearly missed a home run on a two-RBI double to center to make it a 10-0 advantage in the sixth.
“These last two games, our approach at the plate was just trying to hunt good pitches early in the count,” Poloski said.
Burgos’ twin brother, Jayden, no-hit North Kingstown in the Pod 1 Championship to book a spot in the title series with an 8-0 finish. And Steve Maynard sandwiched his seven-strikeout, five-inning shutout in Game 1 between the brothers' performances.
“He just gave me confidence seeing him pitch,” Jordi Burgos said of Jayden. “That made me motivated. “This feels great. Never stop – four-peat next year.”
Hendricken found another level after the early-season loss to East Providence. It responded with a victory over Lincoln and consecutive wins vs. La Salle. Hendricken didn’t lose again against Rhode Island teams and fell to only Connecticut’s Fairfield Prep in May. The playoffs went Hendricken’s way with the same deliberate intention with an 11-1 victory in the opening round of Pod 1 and a 5-4 triumph against South Kingstown.
The Hawks graduate just six from their roster with a deep junior class returning to Warwick. They’ll be a way-too-early favorite to win next year and retain the state’s bragging rights.
“It feels good, we know we can keep going,” Poloski said. “Trying to get four or five, but it feels good.”
This was East Providence's second state title appearance after reaching the final round in 1945. The Townies knocked off No. 2 La Salle, 1-0, in the Pod 2 Championship on Sunday, May 31.
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Score of 2026 RIIL Baseball State Championship Game 2 on Saturday
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Another dynasty awaited the Hawks, and they didn’t spend any extra time at Pontarelli Field. Hendricken strung together a pair of mercy-rule victories over East Providence for a third consecutive state championship.
No. 1 Hendricken (17-2) capped its 25th overall title with a 17-2 win in six innings of Game 2 on a breezy afternoon at Rhode Island College on Saturday, June 6. The title sweep opened with a 10-0 run rule triumph in Game 1 on Thursday. The Hawks suffered their only in-state loss to third-ranked East Providence (15-4) in April as the Townies tossed a complete-game shutout. But Hendricken blitzed East Providence early on Saturday with five runs through two innings.
“It feels incredible. We’re back on top, and I hope it keeps going for as long as we can,” Hendricken’s Parker Boyd said. “That was the motto we’ve been talking about all yesterday – just jump on them early. We saw [East Providence starter] JJ Renaud that first game and he beat us, so we wanted revenge more than anything today. We knew what we were going to get and stuck to our approach.”
The Hawks stole five bases in two innings in the aggressive attack against the Townies. Mason Crain hit a two-RBI single to the right side in the opening inning and Boyd found the right-center gap for a RBI triple in the second. That was plenty of cushion for Hendricken’s Jordi Burgos as the junior tossed five innings of two-hit baseball with seven strikeouts to four walks.
“I felt like we had momentum there, and I felt like it was going our way,” Boyd said of the second-inning spurt. “Honestly, senior year, I just wanted to go out and have fun and I wanted to leave my mark, and I felt like we did.”
“We had already seen [Renaud], and he’s a great pitcher,” Dylan Poloski said. “But luckily for us, we already saw him for seven innings. He did so good against us the first time, so we knew what he was going to bring, and we knew how to attack him.”
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Hendricken erupted for 10 runs in the sixth inning to reach the mercy rule. The Hawks compiled 17 hits in the game, including a home run by Yadier Blanco in the fourth stanza. Boyd, Crain and Poloski combined for 8-for-12 and five RBIs at the top of Hendricken’s lineup. And Edgar Rodriguez nearly missed a home run on a two-RBI double to center to make it a 10-0 advantage in the sixth.
“These last two games, our approach at the plate was just trying to hunt good pitches early in the count,” Poloski said.
Burgos’ twin brother, Jayden, no-hit North Kingstown in the Pod 1 Championship to book a spot in the title series with an 8-0 finish. And Steve Maynard sandwiched his seven-strikeout, five-inning shutout in Game 1 between the brothers' performances.
“He just gave me confidence seeing him pitch,” Jordi Burgos said of Jayden. “That made me motivated. “This feels great. Never stop – four-peat next year.”
Hendricken found another level after the early-season loss to East Providence. It responded with a victory over Lincoln and consecutive wins vs. La Salle. Hendricken didn’t lose again against Rhode Island teams and fell to only Connecticut’s Fairfield Prep in May. The playoffs went Hendricken’s way with the same deliberate intention with an 11-1 victory in the opening round of Pod 1 and a 5-4 triumph against South Kingstown.
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The Hawks graduate just six from their roster with a deep junior class returning to Warwick. They’ll be a way-too-early favorite to win next year and retain the state’s bragging rights.
“It feels good, we know we can keep going,” Poloski said. “Trying to get four or five, but it feels good.”
This was East Providence's second state title appearance after reaching the final round in 1945. The Townies knocked off No. 2 La Salle, 1-0, in the Pod 2 Championship on Sunday, May 31.
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Score of 2026 RIIL Baseball State Championship Game 2 on Saturday
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