Baseball Recap: Washington Academy Now 11-1 over Last 12 Games

Raiders

Margin (Wins)

05/07/25 vs Sumner	21
04/23/25 @ Houlton	21
05/20/25 @ Sumner	18
05/05/25 @ George Stevens Academy	12
06/14/25 vs Mount View	10

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Washington Academy had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They never let the Mount View Mustangs get on the board and left with a 10-0 win. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 matches by six runs or more this season.

James Welch made a splash no matter where he played. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in May. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and one stolen base. He has been hot for a while, having posted at least one stolen base the last nine times he's played.

In other batting news, Trevor Shimabukuro was incredible, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, three runs, and one triple. That's the most runs he has posted since back in May. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Mahar, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double.

Washington Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .526. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in three consecutive games.

Washington Academy is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-2 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.1 runs on average over those games. As for Mount View, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-7.

Washington Academy has already played their next matchup, a 1-0 win against Dexter on the 17th. Mount View does not have any more games scheduled as of now.