Baseball Recap: Cape Henry Collegiate Sets Scoring Season-High Against Norfolk Collegiate

Dolphins

Team Score (Highest)

04/03/25 vs Norfolk Collegiate	15
03/11/25 vs TEACH Homeschool	10
04/02/25 vs Walsingham Academy	6
03/29/25 vs Grafton	6
03/28/25 vs Landstown	6

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cape Henry Collegiate). They were the clear victors by a 15-0 margin over the Norfolk Collegiate Mighty Oaks on Thursday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Dolphins with their most commanding win of the season.

Baylen Newcomb looked comfortable as he struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Those nine strikeouts gave him a new career-high.

At the plate, Cape Henry Collegiate let Colin Lebel and Reid Downs run wild. Lebel scored a run while going 1-for-1, while Downs scored two runs while going 1-for-1. That's the most runs Downs has posted over his last eight matchups. Noah Hummel also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Cape Henry Collegiate was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .389. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in four consecutive games.

The victory got Cape Henry Collegiate back to even at 6-6. As for Norfolk Collegiate, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.

Cape Henry Collegiate has already played their next contest, a 3-2 win against Collegiate on the 4th. As for Norfolk Collegiate, they are taking a road trip to challenge Hampton Roads Academy at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The Mighty Oaks' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Navigators have averaged an impressive 9.7 runs per game this season.