West Orange baseball tops Windermere on the road, 2-1

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West Orange High baseball went on the road to Windermere High and handed the Wolverines a 2-1 loss, their first loss of the early season.

This pitchers' duel between two of the area's top arms — Warriors (3-1) senior Sims McClusky and Windermere (4-1) sophomore Joey Waddingham — was a measuring stick game for two mainstay programs.

After striking first in the bottom of the first, the Wolverines' one-run lead was short-lived as West Orange responded with a run of its own in the top of the second.

For the next two and one-half innings, the two stud pitchers shut down the opposing bats, not allowing a run in that span. It wasn't until the top of the fifth that West Orange was able to score the last run of the game and clinch the road win.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.