New Richmond is 3-0 against Bethel-Tate since May of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The New Richmond Lions will head out on the road to challenge the Bethel-Tate Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
If New Richmond beats Bethel-Tate with one run on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. New Richmond narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Archbishop McNicholas 1-0. That's two games straight that New Richmond has won by just one run.
Not much got past Carson Kuhlman, who gave up just one hit and racked up 15 Ks to keep Archbishop McNicholas off the board. Kuhlman has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, New Richmond's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Lex Hounshell, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Bethel-Tate's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They fell just short of Blanchester by a score of 2-1.
The victory made it two in a row for New Richmond and bumps their season record up to 13-9. As for Bethel-Tate, their loss dropped their record down to 11-5.
New Richmond beat Bethel-Tate 4-0 in their previous meeting back in April. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Bethel-Tate's Cameron Snider, who struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will New Richmond still be able to contain Snider? There's only one way to find out.
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