Softball Recap: Forest Park comes up short despite Claire Warren's strong performance

By Team Reports May 2, 2024, 7:39am

Softball Recap: Forest Park Rangers vs. Gibson Southern Titans

After soaring to ten runs the game before, Forest Park was a bit more limited in their contest on Wednesday. They lost 14-1 to the Gibson Southern Titans. The loss continues a trend for Forest Park in their matchups with Gibson Southern: they've now lost eight in a row.

Claire Warren made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-2 with a home run.

On Gibson Southern's side, Payton Cummings was a standout: she went 2-for-3 with a home run, five RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Ally Malone, who went 2-for-3 with a triple, a stolen base, and two RBI.

Forest Park's defeat dropped their record down to 6-10. As for Gibson Southern, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season.

Forest Park will be playing at home against Boonville at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Gibson Southern, they will head out on the road to face off against Washington at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Gibson Southern is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.8 runs per game this season.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps