Baseball Recap: Smith-Cotton Takes a Loss

Tigers

Previous 5 Games

05/01/25 vs Blue Springs	9-18
04/29/25 @ Camdenton	6-0
04/29/25 vs Camdenton	5-4
04/23/25 @ Jefferson City	4-5
04/22/25 vs Jefferson City	2-6

After flying high against Camdenton on Tuesday, Smith-Cotton came back down to earth. The Tigers came up short against the Blue Springs Wildcats on Thursday, falling 18-9. Even though they lost, the Tigers' still made a splash at the plate and bumped their average scoring up to 6.1 runs per game (they're now ranked -1th in scoring overall).

Kendall Hagedorn stepped up to lead a balanced group of hitters: he went 2-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Cooper Woolery, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI.

Smith-Cotton's defeat dropped their record down to 14-13. As for Blue Springs, their victory bumped their record up to 7-14-1.

Smith-Cotton and Blue Springs could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Missouri Rankings. Smith-Cotton will challenge Willard at 5:00 p.m. on Friday with a big rank disadvantage (45 vs. 4). Meanwhile, Blue Springs (ranked 148th) will meet Lee's Summit (ranked 19th) at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.