Softball Preview: Park Hill Trojans vs. Staley Falcons
Park Hill and Staley are an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2018, but likely not for long. The Park Hill Trojans will take on the Staley Falcons at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Park Hill has four straight victories, Staley has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Park Hill beats Staley with 11 runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Park Hill had just enough and edged Fort Osage out 11-10 on Monday. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Trojans, who until this matchup were averaging 2.5 runs allowed.
The team relied heavily on Brynlee Johnson, who scored a run while going 2-for-5. Another player making a difference was Allison Gonier, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Park Hill was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .412. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .407 or higher in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Staley's offense. They fell just short of Lee's Summit West by a score of 1-0 on Thursday.
Park Hill's record is now 23-7. As for Staley, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-23-1.
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