Baseball Recap: Wilmington Sets Scoring Season-High Against Sandwich

Wildcats

Team Score (Highest)

04/24/25 @ Sandwich	13
04/18/25 @ Beecher	11
03/29/25 vs Clifton Central	11
04/11/25 vs Gardner-South Wilmington	10
03/21/25 vs Prairie Central	10

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wilmington). Everything went their way against the Sandwich Indians on Thursday as they made off with a 13-1 win. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by eight runs or more this season.

Declan Moran was incredible, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Dierks Geiss was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and three runs.

Wilmington hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sandwich struck out ten times.

Wilmington is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Sandwich, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 9-10 record.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Wilmington will face off against St. Anne at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Wildcats 2.6, the Cardinals 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Sandwich, they will take on Woodstock North at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.