Baseball Recap: Matthew Oates leads Weymouth to victory over Norwell

By Team Reports May 25, 2024, 6:31am

Baseball Recap: Weymouth Wildcats vs. Norwell Clippers

Weymouth entered their tilt with Norwell with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Norwell Clippers on Friday and snuck past 5-4. That's more bragging rights for Weymouth, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Weymouth got a great performance from Matthew Oates as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched.

At the plate, Johnny Pires was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Matt Suplee, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Weymouth has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for Norwell, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 14-5.

Weymouth does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Norwell, they will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against East Bridgewater at 10:00 a.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (East Bridgewater: 2.9, Norwell: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.

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