Lee's Summit hasn't had much luck against Lee's Summit West recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Lee's Summit Tigers will look to defend their home field against the Lee's Summit West Titans at 4:00 p.m.
Lee's Summit is headed into Monday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Thursday. They fell just short of Lee's Summit North by a score of 8-6. That's two games in a row now that the Tigers have lost by exactly two runs.
Kali Barnes was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: she struck out nine batters over eight innings while giving up four earned runs off nine hits (and only one walk). Those nine strikeouts gave her a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Ezra Medrano made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordyn Northup, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, Lee's Summit didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, everything went Lee's Summit West's way against Oak Grove on Friday as Lee's Summit West made off with an 8-2 win.
Lee's Summit now has a losing record at 14-15. As for Lee's Summit West, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-11 record this season.
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