Baseball Recap: Richardson Comes Up Short

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Richardson can now relate to. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Arlington Colts on Friday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Colts this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 19-3 on Thursday.

Barrett Herr

Batters Struck Out

05/02/25 vs Arlington	7
04/22/25 vs MacArthur	11
03/18/25 @ Irving	12
03/11/25 vs Berkner	18
03/06/25 vs Denison	10
02/28/25 vs Timber Creek	9

Barrett Herr was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off six hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in six consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with one home run. That home run was his first of the season.

In other pitching news, Richardson got a good showing from Shayden Schirm-Moolman, who tossed 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Schirm-Moolman has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one hit in four consecutive appearances.

Herr wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cason Cage, who went 1-for-2 with one double.

This is the second loss in a row for Richardson and nudges their season record down to 15-14-1. As for Arlington, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 20-12 record this season.

As of now, neither Richardson nor Arlington have any future games scheduled.