Baseball Recap: Washington Academy Beats Sumner for Their Fourth Straight Win

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
05/14/25 @ Calais	10

Washington Academy had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.7 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Sumner Tigers an 18-0 shutout. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by six runs or more this season.

James Welch made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances. He was even better at the plate, going 2-for-3 with four stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jayden Mahar, who went 2-for-3 with four runs, two stolen bases, and one double. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. Colby Moholland was another key player, going 1-for-2 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.

Washington Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .480. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in four consecutive contests.

Washington Academy pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Sumner, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.

Coming up, Washington Academy will challenge George Stevens Academy at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Sumner, they will take on Bangor Christian at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Patriots' pitching crew has only allowed 0.9 runs per game this season, so the Tigers' hitters will have their work cut out for them.