The Richmond Hill Lions will head out to square off against the Tottenville Pirates at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a eight-game winning streak alive.
On Tuesday, Richmond Hill beat Washington 9-4.
Abel Ortiz and Christopher Duarte were major factors while hitting and pitching. On the mound, 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. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit in five consecutive appearances. 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, Adrian Hernandez V and Christian Duarte did most of the damage at the plate: Hernandez V got on base in all five of his plate appearances with two runs and one RBI, while Christian got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and two runs. That's the most stolen bases Duarte has posted since back in March. The team also got some help courtesy of Ismael Luciano, who got 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.
Meanwhile, Tottenville's rock-solid pitchers showed up for the team's third consecutive shutout on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Monroe Campus a 4-0 shutout.
Tottenville pushed their record up to 19-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.4 runs on average over those games. As for Richmond Hill, their record is now 14-2-1.
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