Baseball Game Recap: Sandwich Comes Up Short

By Team Reports May 11, 2024, 1:35pm

Baseball Recap: Sandwich Indians vs. Newark Norsemen

Sandwich fell victim to Newark and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They lost 6-0 to the Newark Norsemen. Sandwich was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Newark apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in May of 2023.

For Newark's part, not much got past Clay Friestad, who gave up just three hits and racked up six Ks to keep Sandwich off the board.

On the hitting side, Newark saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Walker, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double. David Ulrich was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.

Sandwich's loss dropped their record down to 13-11. As for Newark, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-21.

Sandwich will take on Plano at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Plano is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.9 runs per game this season. Newark does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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