Baseball Game Preview: Richland Heads Out

By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 5:22am

Baseball Preview: Richland Bears vs. Versailles Tigers

Richland is 0-6 against Versailles since March of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Richland Bears will head out on the road to take on the Versailles Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.

Richland is is headed into Thursday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Tuesday. They lost 11-1 to Stoutland. That's two games in a row now that Richland has lost by exactly ten runs.

Richland saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cian Thomas Moriarity, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.

Meanwhile, after soaring to 16 runs the game before, Versailles was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They fell just short of Eugene by a score of 1-0. The shutout was out of character for Versailles seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.

Richland's loss dropped their record down to 2-11. As for Versailles, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-13.

Richland suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Versailles when the teams last played back in May of 2022. Can Richland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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