Baseball Recap: Blue Springs Takes a Loss

Blue Springs was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 9-6 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Raymore-Peculiar Panthers. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Panthers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 7-2 on Wednesday.

Blue Springs' loss dropped their record down to 7-16. As for Raymore-Peculiar, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-9 record this season.

Blue Springs and Raymore-Peculiar could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Missouri Rankings. The Wildcats (ranked 103rd) will meet Lee's Summit (ranked 35th) at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Raymore-Peculiar will face off against Liberty North at 5:00 p.m. on Friday with a big rank disadvantage (28 vs. 2).