Baseball Game Preview: East Lyme Vikings vs. Waterford Lancers

Vikings

Runs

04/18/25 @ Coventry	5
04/09/25 vs Stonington	3
04/08/25 @ Killingly	4
04/05/25 @ St. Bernard	14
+ 2 more games

East Lyme and Waterford are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lancers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. East Lyme is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season.

If East Lyme beats Waterford with five runs on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. The Vikings came out on top against Coventry by a score of 5-2 on Friday. The Vikings haven't had any issues with the Patriots recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.

East Lyme got a great performance from Andrew Sevigney as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over five innings pitched. Sevigney has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Greyson Biggs, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one double. Those RBI were his first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Dylan Joyce, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI.

Meanwhile, Waterford got the win against Cromwell on Thursday by a conclusive 8-1.

East Lyme pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Waterford, the win got them back to even at 1-1.

Everything went East Lyme's way against Waterford in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as East Lyme made off with a 10-4 victory. Will the Vikings repeat their success, or do the Lancers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.