Baseball Recap: New Richmond Sets Scoring Season-High Against Wilmington

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask New Richmond). They put the hurt on the Wilmington Hurricane with a sharp 13-2 win on Wednesday. The Lions haven't had any issues with the Hurricane recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.

The team relied heavily on Hunter Ashley, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI, one run, and one double. He has become a key player for New Richmond: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least three hits, but 5-8 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Trey Davis, who went 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBI.

Lions

On Base Percentage

04/30/25 @ Wilmington	52.5%
04/28/25 vs Batavia	44.1%
04/23/25 @ Goshen	30.8%
04/19/25 vs Summit Country Day	34.5%
04/17/25 vs Cincinnati Trailblazers HomeSchool	28.6%
+ 17 more games

New Richmond always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .525. The last time their OBP was this high was back in April of 2024.

New Richmond's win bumped their record up to 7-9. As for Wilmington, they dropped their record down to 1-8 with the loss, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.

Coming up, New Richmond will challenge Purcell Marian at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Wilmington, they will square off against McClain at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.