Wilmington is 2-8 against New Richmond since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Wilmington Hurricane will look to defend their home field against the New Richmond Lions at 5:00 p.m. Wilmington will be strutting in after a victory while New Richmond will be coming in after a defeat.
Wilmington will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Thursday, then bounced right back against Western Brown on Friday. Wilmington walked away with a 10-7 win over Western Brown.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but New Richmond had to settle for an 11-9 loss against Clinton-Massie on Friday.
New Richmond saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bryce Wilfert, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Wilmington's victory bumped their record up to 4-8. As for New Richmond, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 10-7.
Wilmington was able to grind out a solid win over New Richmond when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 4-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was New Richmond's Conner Clayton, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over 5.2 innings pitched. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Wilmington still be able to contain Clayton? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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