Baseball Game Preview: Waterford Lancers vs. Norwich Free Academy Wildcats

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05/18/24 - Away	7-8 L
04/25/24 - Home	6-3 W
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04/17/23 - Home	3-5 L
05/06/22 - Home	10-9 W
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Waterford has gone 8-2 against Norwich Free Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Lancers will head out on the road to challenge the Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Waterford 1.8, Norwich Free Academy 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Waterford fell victim to Montville and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Wolves by a score of 1-0. The Lancers' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.

Meanwhile, Norwich Free Academy had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They walked away with a 7-2 victory over the Eagles.

Norwich Free Academy's win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average this season. As for Waterford, their loss dropped their record down to 4-2.