Baseball Game Preview: East Lyme on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 6, 2024, 2:11am

Baseball Preview: East Lyme Vikings vs. Norwich Free Academy Wildcats

After three games on the road, East Lyme is heading back home. They will take on the Norwich Free Academy Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (East Lyme: 3.6, Norwich Free Academy: 4.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.

East Lyme is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: South Kingstown, who was ranked second at the time (East Lyme was ranked eighth). East Lyme came out on top against South Kingstown by a score of 8-4 on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Norwich Free Academy's offense. They lost 7-0 to Woodstock Academy on Thursday. The loss continues a trend for Norwich Free Academy in their matchups with Woodstock Academy: they've now lost five in a row.

East Lyme has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Norwich Free Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-7.

East Lyme skirted past Norwich Free Academy 3-2 when the teams last played back in April. Does East Lyme have another victory up their sleeve, or will Norwich Free Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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