Softball Game Preview: Hamilton Southeastern Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 2:23am

Softball Preview: Hamilton Southeastern Royals vs. Richmond Red Devils

Hamilton Southeastern is 9-0 against Richmond since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Hamilton Southeastern Royals will look to defend their home field against the Richmond Red Devils at 6:00 p.m. Hamilton Southeastern's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Richmond's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Hamilton Southeastern's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They walked away with a 5-0 win over Anderson.

Not much got past Jenna Chase, who gave up just one hit and racked up 18 Ks to keep Anderson off the board. Chase has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.

On the hitting side, Reese Garland was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run and two runs. Alex Kiemeyer was another key contributor, going 1-for-1 with a home run and two RBI.

Richmond lost 12-2 to South Dearborn on Saturday. Richmond has not had much luck with South Dearborn recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.

Hamilton Southeastern's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-4. As for Richmond, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9-1.

Everything went Hamilton Southeastern's way against Richmond in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as Hamilton Southeastern made off with a 25-0 win. Does Hamilton Southeastern have another victory up their sleeve, or will Richmond turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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