Softball Recap: Omaha South Packers vs. Platteview Trojans
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Omaha South). Everything went their way against the Platteview Trojans on Friday as the Omaha South Packers made off with a 16-4 win. That's two games straight that the Packers have won by exactly 12 runs.
Omaha South got a massive performance out of Esthefany Contreras Suarez, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Gabriela Cabellos was another key player, scoring three runs while going 3-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Omaha South always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .645. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Platteview only posted an OBP of .500.
Omaha South is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-5 record this season. As for Platteview, they dropped their record down to 3-6 with that loss, which was their third straight at home.
Omaha South is on the road again on Saturday to play Ralston at 12:00 p.m. Both teams will come into the game having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes. As for Platteview, they will face off against Ponca at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Platteview has given up an average of 9.6 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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