Softball Preview: Park Hill Trojans vs. Lee's Summit Tigers
Park Hill and Lee's Summit are an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2017, but likely not for long. The Park Hill Trojans will welcome the Lee's Summit Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Park Hill's pitching crew has only allowed 2.3 runs per game this season, so Lee's Summit's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Park Hill's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 9-0 margin over Savannah. Considering the Trojans have won 12 matches by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Brooklyn Bertoncino made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Mandia Bock was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Cooper Powell, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Lee's Summit was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They lost 13-1 to Blue Springs South. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Tigers have suffered since September 16th.
Lee's Summit saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ezra Medrano, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
The win made it two in a row for Park Hill and bumps their season record up to 21-7. As for Lee's Summit, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-18.
Park Hill came up short against Lee's Summit in their previous matchup back in August, falling 5-0. Can Park Hill avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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