Baseball Recap: Make It Eight in a Row for Richmond Hill

Lions

Previous Games

05/27/25 vs Washington	9-4
05/24/25 vs Stuyvesant	10-0
05/23/25 vs Van Arsdale	10-0
05/13/25 @ John Adams	12-0
05/12/25 vs Newtown	3-2
+ 3 more games

Richmond Hill waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They came out on top against the Washington Trojans by a score of 9-4. That's more bragging rights for the Lions, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Abel Ortiz and Christopher Duarte were major factors no matter where they played. Throwing, Ortiz struck out six batters over 4.1 innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits. Meanwhile, Duarte struck out six batters over 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Those six strikeouts gave Ortiz a new career-high. At bat, Ortiz went 2-for-5 with two RBI, while Duarte went 2-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double.

In other batting news, Richmond Hill let Adrian Hernandez V and Christian Duarte run wild. Hernandez V got on base in all five of his plate appearances with two runs and one RBI, while Duarte got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and two runs. The dominant performance also gave Hernandez V a new career-high in hits (three). Ismael Luciano was another key player, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one run and one RBI.

Richmond Hill was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .375 or higher in four consecutive games.

Richmond Hill's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-2-1. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Washington, their loss dropped their record down to 10-5.

As of now, neither Richmond Hill nor the Trojans have any future games scheduled.