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The New Richland Reds split a pair of 13-60 League playoff games last weekend, falling 9-8 to Wells on Saturday and bouncing back to defeat the Cleveland Spiders 5-3 on Sunday.
The Wells loss was a heartbreaker for the local nine, according to player/manager Jason Churchill. New Richland led 8-6 going into the bottom of the 11th inning but could not secure the win.
Sunday was another story as the Reds’ Adam Harrington allowed one earned run on seven hits for a complete-game victory.
“It was a good bounce-back win in an elimination game to extend our season,” said Churchill.
Next the Reds travel back to Wells for a rematch with the Wildcats on Saturday July 28th at 2 p.m. with the winner advancing to the Region 4C playoffs.
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The New Richland Reds defeated Wells 6-3 on Saturday night. Aaron Gilliland went 3-3. Sam Lundberg got the win and Adam Harrington the save. At the plate the Reds drew eight walks and were very aggressive on the basepaths, stealing five bases.
On Sunday afternoon the locals lost in a disapointing performance to a team they beat 15-1 the week earlier, falling 11-5 to the Cleveland Spiders.
“We hit the ball well, totaling 13 hits, but couldnt get any hit with runners in scoring position,” said player/manager Jason Churchill.
Mitch Akemann took the loss on the mound.
“We did hit the ball well and played good defense,” said Churchill. “We were really hurt by some costly errors in the field.”
Next up this week for the Reds, Friday at LeSueur 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at Lake Crystal 2 p.m.
The Reds are 8-7 overall and 5-7 in league play.
The New Richland Jazz American Legion baseball team has a doubleheader at Stewartville Thursday. Playoffs begin July 16.
The Jazz’s current record is 5-7. The team recently split a doubleheader with Byron in New Richland.
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OUT AT THE PLATE — Reds catcher Jacob Staloch tags out a Cleveland Condors baserunner during recent action at Cleveland. The Reds beat Wells 12-7 June 24. They play at Cleveland again this Sunday. (Star Eagle photo by Chris Schlaak)
By JODY WYNNEMER
Staff Writer
The New Richland Reds brought their bats with them as they traveled to Wells Sunday, June 24 and came home with a 12-7 victory.
The Reds started the scoring in the top of the second inning when Jake Staloch singled and later scored on a hit by Tory Somage.
They added three more runs in the third on hits by Aaron Gilliland, Seth Tukua and Staloch. Wells countered with two runs to make it 4-2 Reds. The bottom of the fourth saw Wells tie the score at four runs each.