Baseball Game Preview: Waterford Leaves Home

By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 4:24am

Baseball Preview: Waterford Lancers vs. Windham Whippets

Waterford is 3-0 against Windham since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Waterford Lancers are on the road again to play the Windham Whippets at 4:00 p.m. Waterford's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Windham's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Waterford will head into Thursday's contest out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Thursday after soaring to a eight-run matchup in their last game. They fell just short of St. Bernard by a score of 3-1.

Meanwhile, Windham was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost 25-3 to New London.

Windham saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chase Collins, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.

Waterford's record now sits at 10-4. As for Windham, their record now sits at 2-11.

Waterford took their win against Windham in their previous meeting back in April of 2017 by a conclusive 8-2. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Windham's Giovanni Varela, who tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and seven unearned) runs off nine hits. Now that he won't be playing on Wednesday, will it be that much easier for Waterford to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.

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