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Lafayette Benton

Fighting Irish

Cardinals

The Benton (St. Joseph, MO) varsity softball team lost Saturday's home conference game against Lafayette (St. Joseph, MO) by a score of 13-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Lafayette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-
Benton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-

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Recap
Matchup

Game Story

Missouri High School Softball - Lafayette bounces Benton

September 30, 2023: St. Joseph, MO 64504

The Lafayette Fighting Irish routed the host Benton Cardinals softball squad by a final score of 13-2 in Saturday's league battle.

The Fighting Irish (12-15) will now prepare for their battle against Stanberry (Stanberry, MO). The Bulldogs go into the non-league battle with a 1-16 record. In their last battle, Stanberry was routed by Plattsburg (Plattsburg, MO), 19-6, in a non-league battle.

The Cardinals now possess a 12-8 record. They play next when they host Lafayette for a Class 3 District 16 battle on Tuesday, October 3. Benton will meet a Fighting Irish squad coming off a 6-4 non-league win over Stanberry (Stanberry, MO). The Fighting Irish record now stands at 13-15.

Rankings & Records

Lafayette (23-24)

National	MO
772	162

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
15-19	3-4	6-12	9-7	.441	.429	190	228

Benton (23-24)

National	MO
734	150

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
15-10	2-3	9-5	6-5	.600	.400	228	164

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Lafayette	.5	0	.8	.2	.3	1.0	.2	5.6	-	-
Benton	1.3	.3	.3	1.3	.3	2.5	0	9.1	-	-

Head-to-Head

Lafayette won on 9/30/2023

9/30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Lafayette - - - - - - - 13 - -
Benton - - - - - - - 2 - -

The Lafayette (St. Joseph, MO) varsity softball team won Saturday's away conference game against Benton (St. Joseph, MO) by a score of 13-2.
Box score
Benton won on 10/3/2023

10/3 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Lafayette - - - - - - - 2 - -
Benton - - - - - - - 17 - -

The Lafayette (St. Joseph, MO) varsity softball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Benton (St. Joseph, MO) by a score of 17-2.
Box score

10/3 @ 4:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Lafayette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Benton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Lafayette	8-8		Benton	7-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/26/23	St. Teresa's Academy	Lafayette	(W) 10-0	8/31/23	Benton	St. Teresa's Academy	(L) 12-11
8/30/23	St. Teresa's Academy	Lafayette	(W) 16-1
9/5/23	Chillicothe	Lafayette	(L) 11-1	9/21/23	Benton	Chillicothe	(L) 2-1
10/14/23	Lafayette	Chillicothe	(W) 10-9
9/7/23	Maryville	Lafayette	(W) 6-3	9/14/23	Benton	Maryville	(W) 10-0
9/9/23	Maryville	Lafayette	(W) 9-8	9/14/23	Benton	Maryville	(W) 14-3
				9/27/23	Maryville	Benton	(W) 16-12
				10/12/23	Maryville	Benton	(W) 13-1
9/9/23	West Platte	Lafayette	(L) 6-3	9/9/23	West Platte	Benton	(L) 16-2
9/11/23	Lafayette	Mid-Buchanan	(L) 10-0	9/30/23	Mid-Buchanan	Benton	(L) 10-0
9/12/23	Lafayette	St. Pius X	(W) 14-1	9/7/23	Benton	St. Pius X	(W) 16-1
9/14/23	Lafayette	Bishop LeBlond	(L) 4-0	9/9/23	Bishop LeBlond	Benton	(W) 6-0
				9/20/23	Bishop LeBlond	Benton	(L) 9-3
9/16/23	Savannah	Lafayette	(L) 8-1	9/5/23	Benton	Savannah	(L) 13-3
9/16/23	Savannah	Lafayette	(L) 8-1	10/14/23	Savannah	Benton	(L) 15-3
9/28/23	Savannah	Lafayette	(L) 10-2
10/16/23	Savannah	Lafayette	(L) 10-0
9/18/23	Lafayette	Cameron	(W) 11-0	9/26/23	Cameron	Benton	(W) 7-2
10/12/23	Lafayette	Cameron	(W) 5-2

Record Breakdown

Lafayette (23-24)		Benton (23-24)
15-19	Overall	15-10
3-4	League	2-3
12-14	Non-League	13-7
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
8-8	Common Opponent	7-7
6-12	Home	9-5
9-7	Away	6-5
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
14-19	In-State	15-10
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0