Softball Preview: Fort Osage Indians vs. Excelsior Springs Tigers
Fort Osage is 4-0 against Excelsior Springs since September of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Fort Osage Indians will be playing in front of their home fans against the Excelsior Springs Tigers at 4:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Wednesday.
Fort Osage's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Ruskin 20-0. The matchup marked the Indians' most dominant win of the season.
Meanwhile, Excelsior Springs had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Warriors as they made off with an 18-9 victory. Considering the Tigers have won 12 games by more than seven runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
The team relied heavily on Reese Ryan, who went 4-for-5 with a home run, six RBI, and two runs. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in batting average. Another player making a difference was Kinley Rogers, who went 3-for-5 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Excelsior Springs kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 20 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Fort Osage's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 12-15. As for Excelsior Springs, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season.
Fort Osage took their victory against Excelsior Springs when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 17-5. Will Fort Osage repeat their success, or does Excelsior Springs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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