Baseball Recap: Woodstock Academy Beats Norwich Free Academy for Their Ninth Straight Victory

Centaurs

Previous Games

05/28/25 vs Norwich Free Academy	5-0
05/24/25 vs Killingly	2-1
05/24/25 vs Killingly	2-1
05/20/25 vs Stonington	7-3
05/20/25 @ East Lyme	9-5
+ 4 more games

Woodstock Academy had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 runs) and they went ahead and made it nine on Wednesday. They never let the Norwich Free Academy Wildcats get on the board and left with a 5-0 win. That's the third time they've managed to beat them this season, with their most recent victory being a 10-2 win back in April.

Brady Ericson made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up a single earned run in six consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and two RBI.

In other batting news, Hayden Maloney was excellent, going 2-for-4 with one triple, one double, and one RBI. That triple marked the first that he has hit this season. Caleb Simoneau was another key player, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base.

Woodstock Academy pushed their record up to 16-8 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Norwich Free Academy, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 12-9.

As of now, neither Woodstock Academy nor the Wildcats have any future games scheduled.