Baseball Preview: Blanchester Wildcats vs. Bethel-Tate Tigers
The Blanchester Wildcats are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Bethel-Tate Tigers at 4:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Blanchester: 3, Bethel-Tate: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Blanchester can now show off 13 landslide victories after their most recent contest on Monday. Everything went their way against Waynesville as Blanchester made off with an 8-2 win.
Austin Dick and Drey Dees were a major factor while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Dick pitched five innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Dees pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. At bat, Dick scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-4, while Dees scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Dick is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last four games he's played.
In other batting news, Blanchester let Collin Elston and Cole Mueller loose on the outfield. Elston got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base and two RBI, while Mueller scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Bethel-Tate came tearing into Friday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.7 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Rockets by a score of 4-1.
Blanchester pushed their record up to 15-3 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Bethel-Tate, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.
Blanchester came up short against Bethel-Tate in their previous meeting on April 10th, falling 7-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bethel-Tate's Cameron Snider, who struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Now that Blanchester knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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