Baseball Game Preview: Sacopee Valley Hawks vs. St. Dominic Saints

Sacopee Valley is 8-2 against St. Dominic since May of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Hawks will look to defend their home field against the Saints at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sacopee Valley has three straight wins, St. Dominic has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Sacopee Valley's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Waynflete 12-0. Considering the Hawks have won four matchups by more than nine runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Keegan Thibodeau made a splash no matter where he played. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, firing off two home runs, five RBI, and three runs while going 3-for-4. Those two home runs gave him a new career-high.

Silas Nielsen

Runs

04/17/25 @ Traip	4
05/14/25 @ Waynflete	3
05/12/25 vs Traip	3
05/12/25 @ Traip	1
04/30/25 @ Lisbon	1
+ 1 more games

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Silas Nielsen, who went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, three runs, and one double. He is becoming a predictor of Sacopee Valley's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 1-3 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Donovan Harvey, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI.

Sacopee Valley lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, St. Dominic didn't have quite enough to beat Mount View on Wednesday and fell 4-3.

St. Dominic's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Sacopee Valley, they now have a winning record of 4-3.

Sacopee Valley couldn't quite finish off St. Dominic in their previous meeting back in May of 2024 and fell 4-2. Can the Hawks avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.