The Richmond Blue Devils will face off against the Bad Axe Hatchets at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Richmond will be looking to extend their current 14-game winning streak.
13 must be Richmond's lucky number: they beat Imlay City with that score not once but twice on Tuesday. The Blue Devils blew past the Spartans 13-2. The Blue Devils might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bad Axe). Everything went their way against Vassar on Thursday as they made off with a 13-5 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Jackson Wolschlager and Mason Hurley made a big impact no matter where they played. On the mound, Wolschlager tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Hurley didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 13 over six innings pitched. Bad Axe is 2-1 when Wolschlager allows one or fewer hits, but 2-9 otherwise. At bat, Wolschlager went 3-for-5 with three stolen bases, three runs, and one triple, while Hurley went 4-for-5 with five stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI. The dominant performance also gave Wolschlager a new career-high in RBI (two).
In other batting news, Grant Smith was incredible, going 3-for-4 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Drostan Stapleton, who went 3-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double.
Bad Axe was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .556. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Bad Axe's win bumped their record up to 4-10. As for Richmond, their victory bumped their record up to 15-1.
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