Raymore-Peculiar is 8-2 against Lee's Summit since August of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Raymore-Peculiar Panthers will venture away from home to take on the Lee's Summit Tigers at 4:00 p.m. Raymore-Peculiar's pitching crew has only allowed 2.8 runs per game this season, so Lee's Summit's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Raymore-Peculiar is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Liberty North, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Raymore-Peculiar was ranked tenth). Raymore-Peculiar had just enough and edged Liberty North out 4-3. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by just one run.
Kelsie Donaldson spent all ten innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on seven hits and racked up eight Ks. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 5.8 innings per game.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Taylor Roe, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with a double and an RBI. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in OBP.
Raymore-Peculiar didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 strikeouts per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 8.8.
Meanwhile, Lee's Summit didn't have quite enough to beat Staley on Thursday and fell 6-5.
Ryann Arnold made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-5 with a home run and two RBI.
The victory (which was Raymore-Peculiar's third in a row) raised their record to 16-4. As for Lee's Summit, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-10.
Raymore-Peculiar beat Lee's Summit 7-3 when the teams last played two weeks ago. The rematch might be a little tougher for Raymore-Peculiar since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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