Baseball Recap: Woodside Turns Things Around After Road Loss

There's no place like home for Woodside, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out the Denbigh Patriots 9-8 on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Wolverines have posted since March 21, 2024.

Shaquan Patrick

Runs

04/17/25 vs Heritage	4
04/24/25 vs Denbigh	2
04/15/25 @ Heritage	2
03/27/25 @ Phoebus	1
03/25/25 vs Phoebus	1

Shaquan Patrick was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple. Woodside is undefeated when Patrick posts two or more runs, but 2-5 otherwise. Richard Jones also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.

Woodside has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a massive bump to their 5-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.5 runs over those games. As for Denbigh, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-6.

Woodside and Denbigh could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Virginia Rankings. The Wolverines will challenge Grassfield at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday with a big rank disadvantage (248 vs. 82). Meanwhile, Denbigh (ranked 216th) will meet Warwick (ranked 72nd) at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.