Baseball Preview: Richmond Red Devils vs. Anderson Indians
The Richmond Red Devils will be playing in front of their home fans against the Anderson Indians at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Richmond will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
Richmond put the finishing touches on their fourth blowout victory of the season on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand New Castle a 13-0 shutout.
Zander Juday and Casey Blevins made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Juday pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Meanwhile, Blevins didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Juday scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Blevins went 1-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Dustin Moore, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Weston Jones, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks at the plate in their last four matchups, Anderson finally came back down to earth on Saturday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 9-2 walloping at the hands of Pendleton Heights. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Anderson has scored all season.
Anderson saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Isaac McKenzie, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Richmond pushed their record up to 5-2 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Anderson, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-2.
Richmond beat Anderson 6-3 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Does Richmond have another victory up their sleeve, or will Anderson turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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