The Chestnut Ridge Lions will head out on the road to square off against the Bedford Bisons at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Chestnut Ridge will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Last Friday, Chestnut Ridge made easy work of North Star and carried off a 9-2 victory.
Cale Harrison spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on six hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Brody Halkovich, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Chase Collier was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Bedford unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak last Monday. They fell just short of Bellwood-Antis by a score of 6-4.
Gaston Watkins was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. Watkins was even better at the plate, going 1-for-4 with a home run and four RBI.
Watkins wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Owen Taylor, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Chestnut Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 9-9 record this season. As for Bedford, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-9.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Chestnut Ridge has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Bedford struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Chestnut Ridge might still be hurting after the 6-0 loss they got from Bedford in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bedford's Ty Decker, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out nine over six innings pitched. Now that Chestnut Ridge 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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