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Wellesley Needham

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The Needham (MA) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home conference game against Wellesley (MA) by a score of 8-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wellesley	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	8	10	0
Needham	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	2

Final score provided by Z. Eacott.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Massachusetts High School Baseball - Wellesley defeats Needham

April 18, 2026: Needham, MA 02494

The Wellesley Raiders (Wellesley, MA) baseball trounced the host Needham Rockets (Needham, MA), 8-1 in Saturday's league challenge.

The Raiders now own a 4-3 record. They take the field next when they host Cambridge Rindge & Latin for a non-league challenge on Thursday, April 23.

With the defeat, Needham drops to 3-6 on the year. The Rockets travel to St. John's Prep (Danvers, MA) to clash with the Eagles in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, April 21. The Eagles go into the challenge with a record of 3-3. St. John's Prep lost 8-4 in their recent league challenge against Boston College High (Boston, MA)

Wellesley @ Needham Baseball Game Info

Sat., Apr. 18, 2026 @ 12p

Needham - Memorial Field

The Needham (MA) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home conference game against Wellesley (MA) by a score of 8-1.

Rankings & Records

Wellesley (25-26)

MA	Div.
28	13

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
13-8	7-3	6-4	6-3	1-1	.619	.700	116	90

Needham (25-26)

MA	Div.
120	35

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
6-15	1-12	1-8	5-7	.286	.077	67	115

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wellesley	2.2	1.0	1.5	.5	1.2	.9	1.2	5.5	8.5	.5
Needham	.4	.3	.4	.4	.6	.6	.3	3.2	6.5	2.3

Wellesley Videos

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Head-to-Head

Wellesley won on 4/18/2026

4/18 @ 12p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Wellesley 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 8 10 0
Needham 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 2

The Wellesley (MA) varsity baseball team won Saturday's away conference game against Needham (MA) by a score of 8-1.
Box score
Wellesley won on 4/29/2026

4/29 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Needham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Wellesley 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 3 5 1

The Needham (MA) varsity baseball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against Wellesley (MA) by a score of 3-0.
Box score

4/29 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Needham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Wellesley	0	0	0	1	2	0	-	3	5	1

Team Stat Comparison

Wellesley		Needham
-	Batting Average	.252
-	On Base Percentage	.358
-	Slugging Percentage	.290
-	Fielding Percentage	.928
-	Win Loss Percentage	.294

Team Leaders

Wellesley		Needham	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#0 Jake Mann1.000	.243
-	On Base Percentage	#0 Jake Mann1.000	.385
-	Slugging Percentage	#0 Jake Mann1.000	.312
-	Fielding Percentage	#0 Nick Buckley1.000	.859
-	Win Loss Percentage	#0 Nick Buckley.800	.530

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Wellesley	8-4		Needham	4-11

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/6/26	Wellesley	Milton	(L) 4-3	4/15/26	Milton	Needham	(L) 9-2
				5/6/26	Needham	Milton	(L) 11-3
4/8/26	Newton North	Wellesley	(W) 7-6	4/27/26	Newton North	Needham	(L) 2-0
5/11/26	Wellesley	Newton North	(W) 12-0	5/16/26	Needham	Newton North	(L) 3-2
4/10/26	Wellesley	Brookline	(W) 11-4	4/8/26	Needham	Brookline	(W) 2-1
5/13/26	Brookline	Wellesley	(W) 9-4
4/13/26	Framingham	Wellesley	(W) 9-4	5/13/26	Framingham	Needham	(W) 6-4
5/18/26	Wellesley	Framingham	(W) 14-2
4/15/26	Natick	Wellesley	(L) 7-1	5/4/26	Needham	Natick	(L) 5-2
5/20/26	Wellesley	Natick	(W) 6-2
4/27/26	Walpole	Wellesley	(L) 6-3	4/13/26	Needham	Walpole	(L) 7-4
				5/20/26	Walpole	Needham	(L) 16-6
5/4/26	Wellesley	Weymouth	(W) 7-4	4/6/26	Needham	Weymouth	(L) 3-0
				5/11/26	Weymouth	Needham	(L) 7-6
5/6/26	Braintree	Wellesley		4/10/26	Braintree	Needham	(L) 4-1
				5/18/26	Needham	Braintree	(W) 9-7
5/22/26	Newton South	Wellesley	(L) 10-5	3/31/26	Needham	Newton South	(W) 3-1
				5/8/26	Newton South	Needham	(L) 5-2

Record Breakdown

Wellesley (25-26)		Needham (25-26)
13-8	Overall	6-15
7-3	League	1-12
5-4	Non-League	5-3
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
8-4	Common Opponent	4-11
6-4	Home	1-8
6-3	Away	5-7
1-1	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	0-0
13-8	In-State	6-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0