A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats dukes it out withthe Raymore-Peculiar Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Blue Springs has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with five straight losses, while Raymore-Peculiar will come in with seven straight victories.
Blue Springs is headed into the game having just suffered their closest defeat since October 5, 2023 on Thursday. They fell just short of Liberty North by a score of 5-3.
Meanwhile, Raymore-Peculiar faced Blue Springs South in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. Raymore-Peculiar had just enough and edged Blue Springs South out 3-2. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by just one run.
Kelsie Donaldson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on four hits and racked up 15 Ks. Those 15 strikeouts gave her a new career-high.
At the plate, Raymore-Peculiar saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zariya Mabion, who went 1-for-3 with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Carmen Boxberger, who scored a run and stole two bases.
Raymore-Peculiar didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 15 strikeouts. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're strikeout total in three consecutive matchups.
Blue Springs now has a losing record at 12-13. As for Raymore-Peculiar, they pushed their record up to 20-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
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