Sea Unicorns Bats Stay Hot in 3rd Straight Victory

Nashua, NH – The Norwich Sea Unicorns continued their offensive surge on Tuesday night, cruising to a 10-1 victory over the Nashua Silver Knights at Holman Stadium. Norwich has now won 3 straight while outscoring their opponents 36 to 14 over the recent stretch. Tuesday night’s triumph improves Norwich to 18-20 overall and 2 games back of third place Nashua.

Norwich opened the scoring in the third, striking for three runs against Nashua starter Tommy Flaherty. Charlie Walsh and Jack Sweeney jumpstarted the Sea Unicorns’ offense with back-to-back singles to set the table. An error by the Nashua first baseman allowed Walsh to score, Sweeney to advance to third, and Anthony Tirado to reach safely. Tirado quickly swiped second, putting two runners in scoring position, and Ryan Thompson cashed in with a sacrifice fly to bring home Sweeney. Gabriel Rivera capped the rally with a clutch two-out single to score Tirado and give Norwich a 3–0 lead.

The offense continued in the 4th and 5th as Norwich added a run in each inning to take a commanding 5–0 lead. In the 4th, Chace Chaplin smashed a two-out double into right-center field to score Ryan Thompson, who had walked earlier in the inning. Silver Knights reliever Justin Dressler escaped further damage by retiring the next batter to strand runners at second and third. Norwich’s two-out magic continued in the 5th as Ryan Thompson wired a single back up the middle to plate Kenny Noe, who cracked a leadoff single to right, and extend the Sea Unicorns’ lead to 5.

Nashua broke through in the 6th for their lone run of the night, trimming the Norwich lead to 5-1. Patrick Shrake led off with a base hit to right field and advanced to 2nd on a ground ball to first. A wild pitch from Norwich reliever Cam Thomas moved Shrake to 3rd and later scored on a chopper to short.

Norwich broke the game open in the 8th erupting for 5 runs against right hander Charlie Cariello, all with 2 outs. Kenny Noe restored the Norwich lead to 5, dumping a single into center to score Gabriel Rivera, who flipped a single of his own into center with one out. Charlie Walsh kept the line moving with the 4th base hit of the inning, dropping a single into center to drive home Gavin O’Brien. Jack Sweeney delivered the big blow, launching a 3-run homerun to left field, extending the Norwich lead to 10-1. The Rutgers product has now homered in back-to-back games and leads the team with 3 on the summer.

Cooper Maher was sharp in his first start of the summer, tossing 4 scoreless innings. The Northeastern commit held the Nashua offense to 3 hits, while striking out 5. Maher’s brilliant outing earned him Futures League Pitcher of the Night honors.

Win – Cam Thomas (3-2)

Loss – Tommy Flaherty (1-3)

Time – 2:49

Norwich returns home this afternoon after completing a 4-game road trip. UCONN product Frank Spirito (0-0) will take the mound for Norwich opposite Ty Davis (1-1). First pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m. from Dodd Stadium.

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Written by Adam Plager