EAST PROVIDENCE — Pitcher's duels were the order of the day as the Martin and Riverside Middle School softball and baseball teams took to the new diamonds for their respective sports on the East Providence High School campus Tuesday afternoon, April 25, for one of their two regular meetings this spring.

Fittingly, the sides split their "Mayor's Cup" outings, each school winning one of the games. Martin took the baseball outing and Riverside the softball contest by the same 1-0 scores.

"We decided to make it a little bigger and play the game here," district athletic director Alex Butler said of the move of the games to the new EPHS sports complex. "The kids and parents loved it. It’s a chance to show the place off and let the future student-athletes see what it could look like for them."

The Riverside baseball and softball teams, respectively, usually play at the Riverside Rec complex adjacent to the school while the Martin teams play at nearby Pierce Field.

The 2023 Martin Middle School baseball roster includes: Will Haggerty, Max Correiro, Joshua Shanty, Blake Brun, Sean Smith, Brandon DiCecco, Sean Black, Lexington Garelli, Jamison Sydney, Caleb Neilson, Maxwell Pawlick, Wynn Rabar, Evan Provencher, Will Budnick, Maximilian Distefano, Landon Bliss, John Greene and Noah Lang. Ben Emond is the head coach assisted by Seth Daly and Andrew Maiato.

The 2023 Riverside Middle School baseball roster includes: Jayden Alford, Parker Andrews, Wyatt Andrews, Christopher Charbonneau, Alex Enright, Jacob Hallene, Jake Iacavone, Tristan Lawton, Bryce Levesque, Kevin Levesque, Aidan Martins, Jonathan Renaud, Owen Richards, Jacob Sousa, Tristan Tysvaer and John Wooten. Matthew Laroche is the head coach assisted by Kris Hallene and Chris Martins.

The 2023 Martin Middle School softball roster includes: Abby Almeida, Marianna Pina, Audrey Bernard, Janizyah Anglon, Kriszel Mae Dabi, Ava Silva, Maura Roche, Megan Pita, Kayden Oldham, Victoria Capelo, Nina Long, Bianca D’Alessandro and Sophie Rochette. Lauren Farnsworth is the head coach.

The 2023 Riverside Middle School softball roster includes: Shelby Quinn, Alyssa Finona, Caroline Wech, Tess Farnsworth, Ella Grimley, Avery Duarte, Jamie Andrew, Sophia Vieira, Amelia Leddy, Layla Bates, McKenzie Soderland and Sophia Rivera. Donna Dugan is the Martin head coach.