Baseball Recap: Westbury Drops Season-High Score on Sterling

By Team Reports Mar 18, 2025, 9:58am

Baseball Recap: Westbury Huskies vs. Sterling Raiders

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03/11/25 @ Sterling16
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02/28/25 vs Royal6
03/10/25 vs Sterling4

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Westbury). Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Sterling Raiders a 16-0 shutout on Tuesday. With that victory, the Huskies brought their scoring average up to 6.7 runs per game.

Uthman Olaofe looked comfortable as he pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.

At the plate, Westbury let Kevin Orellana-Reyes and Langston Howard run wild. Orellana-Reyes went a perfect 2-for-2 with four RBI, two runs, and one double, while Howard scored three runs and stole Two bases. while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaymari Robinson, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.

Westbury always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .731. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Westbury has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-3-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.5 runs over those games. Sterling is on a six-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-4.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Westbury will welcome Milby at 7:00 p.m. on March 19th. Milby's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Westbury's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Sterling, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Austin at 7:00 p.m. on March 18th. Sterling has given up an average of 10.5 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.

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