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Platte County Benton

Pirates

Cardinals

The Benton (St. Joseph, MO) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Platte County (Platte City, MO) by a score of 3-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Platte County	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Benton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-

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Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Missouri High School Baseball - Benton held off by Platte County

May 9, 2026: St. Joseph, MO 64504

The Benton Cardinals baseball squad (St. Joseph, MO), 3-1 in Saturday's non-league contest with the visiting Platte County Pirates (Platte City, MO)

With the triumph, Platte County moves its record to 21-13 on the season. The Pirates host Liberty (Liberty, MO) to confront the Blue Jays in a non-league contest on Sunday, May 10. The Blue Jays come into the contest with a record of 24-9. Liberty won 10-0 in their recent league contest against Oak Park (Kansas City, MO)

The Cardinals now possess a 17-14 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Liberty for a non-league contest on Saturday, May 9.

Platte County @ Benton Baseball Game Info

Sat., May. 9, 2026 @ 12:15p

The Benton (St. Joseph, MO) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Platte County (Platte City, MO) by a score of 3-1.

Rankings & Records

Platte County (25-26)

MO	Class
42	11

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
27-14	4-1	13-4	13-9	1-1	.659	.800	276	165

Benton (25-26)

MO	Class
84	16

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
21-17	1-1	12-7	9-10	.553	.500	252	153

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Platte County	3.2	2.1	1.3	.4	.6	2.1	1.1	6.7	8.5	1.3
Benton	.5	.9	.6	.7	.8	.4	.1	6.6	6.8	.8

Head-to-Head

Platte County won last month

5/9 @ 12:15p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Platte County - - - - - - - 3 - -
Benton - - - - - - - 1 - -

The Platte County (Platte City, MO) varsity baseball team won Saturday's away non-conference game against Benton (St. Joseph, MO) by a score of 3-1.
Box score
Platte County won last month

5/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Benton - - - - - - - 1 - -
Platte County - - - - - - - 3 - -

The Benton (St. Joseph, MO) varsity baseball team lost Sunday's away non-conference game against Platte County (Platte City, MO) by a score of 3-1.
Box score

5/10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Benton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Platte County	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Platte County	4-2		Benton	2-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/13/26	Smithville	Platte County	(W) 3-2	4/21/26	Smithville	Benton	(W) 8-6
4/20/26	Platte County	Fort Osage	(W) 15-6	4/28/26	Fort Osage	Benton	(L) 5-3
5/8/26	Fort Osage	Platte County	(W) 3-0
4/24/26	Platte County	Kearney	(L) 1-0	4/20/26	Kearney	Benton
5/23/26	Platte County	Kearney	(W) 7-3	4/23/26	Kearney	Benton	(W) 10-0
				5/1/26	Benton	Kearney	(L) 3-2
5/9/26	Platte County	Liberty	(L) 4-2	5/9/26	Benton	Liberty	(L) 13-3

Record Breakdown

Platte County (25-26)		Benton (25-26)
27-14	Overall	21-17
4-1	League	1-1
21-11	Non-League	19-14
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
4-2	Common Opponent	2-3
13-4	Home	12-7
13-9	Away	9-10
1-1	Neutral	0-0
2-2	Playoff	0-1
27-12	In-State	21-17
0-2	Out-of-State	0-0