Woodstown baseball puts on offensive fireworks display early in Tri-County Diamond division tilt

Woodstown's Rocco String celebrates after a play against Glassboro in the baseball game played at Glassboro High School in Glassboro, New Jersey on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Collin Conway/D2 Sports Network

GLASSBORO - Riding a two-game winning streak heading into its Tri-County Conference Diamond division contest against Glassboro, the Woodstown High School baseball team sought to add to its winning ways.

The Wolverines trounced Glassboro, 15-5, in an offensive clinic displayed by the Salem County ball club.

Rocco String led Woodstown at the dish, going 5-for-6 with a pair of doubles, three singles, three runs batted in, and scored four times. String, a three-sport athlete on the sectional finalist football team and boys basketball team, credits playing three sports with helping him stay in shape and prepare for the different sports seasons.

"Playing different sports helps keep me in shape and keeps me busy," String noted. "The grind of the preseason, then the length of each sport's season, always gives me something to do during the course of the year."

Woodstown put up multi-run frames in the first four innings. The Wolverines scored three in the first inning, four in the second, two in the third, and two runs in the fourth inning.

Walker Battavio earned the start on the hill for Woodstown, tossing four innings, allowing three hits, three walks, two runs, and striking out five hitters in his third appearance as a freshman.

Colin Riley drove in a pair of runs for the host Glassboro with an RBI groundout and an  RBI single to help the Bulldogs nix a run-rule loss.

Woodstown has now outscored its opponents 25-7 in its last three games, heading into unfamiliar territory, squaring off with BCSL opponent Cinnaminson on April 17. The key for the Wolverines moving forward is maintaining the fast starts they jump out to.

"We've gotten in the habit of starting hot, then cooling off and letting teams get back into the game," Woodstown coach Marc DeCastro said. "Playing consecutive games should be able to help us find our footing and momentum to keep up the hot starts and hold leads."