Softball Recap: Oak Grove Panthers vs. Wright City Wildcats
Oak Grove entered their tilt with Wright City on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Wright City Wildcats as they made off with a 14-3 victory. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by eight runs or more this season.
Oak Grove got a massive performance out of Lauren Phillips, who scored two runs while going 4-for-4. The dominant performance also gave Phillips a new career-high in hits. Kylee Dickey was another key player, going 1-for-5 with a home run, two runs, and two runs.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Oak Grove was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .486. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Oak Grove's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-4. As for Wright City, they have been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-11 record this season.
Oak Grove will be playing at home against St. Michael the Archangel at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Oak Grove is facing St. Michael the Archangel at the right time seeing as St. Michael the Archangel is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Wright City, they will head out on the road to square off against Bowling Green at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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