Softball Recap: West Platte Bluejays vs. Mid-Buchanan Dragons
After a string of seven wins, West Platte's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell 5-2 to the Mid-Buchanan Dragons. The Bluejays were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Dragons apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played two weeks ago.
West Platte saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maizie French, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. The dominant performance also gave French a new career-high in OBP.
Even though they lost, West Platte didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mid-Buchanan only tossed three.
West Platte's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-11-1. As for Mid-Buchanan, their victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 35-5.
As of now, neither West Platte nor Mid-Buchanan have any future games scheduled.
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