The Raymore-Peculiar Panthers will challenge the Lee's Summit West Titans at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Raymore-Peculiar is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Raymore-Peculiar's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Lee's Summit North 11-0. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by eight runs or more this season.
Kelsie Donaldson made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and only one walk). She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in five consecutive appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Carmen Boxberger was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in OBP. Bailey Hummel was another key player, going 3-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Raymore-Peculiar always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .633. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 44.2%.
Meanwhile, Lee's Summit West faced Blue Springs South in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Lee's Summit West lost 7-1 to Blue Springs South. Having soared to a lofty 15 runs in the game before, the Titans couldn't push the score so high this time.
Raymore-Peculiar pushed their record up to 18-4 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Lee's Summit West, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 10-10 record.
Raymore-Peculiar couldn't quite finish off Lee's Summit West in their previous matchup two weeks ago and fell 5-3. Can Raymore-Peculiar avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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