Excelsior Springs fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Kearney on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 4-3. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Excelsior Springs saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Spence Gibbs, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.
Excelsior Springs' defeat dropped their record down to 23-5. As for Kearney, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season.
Excelsior Springs and Kearney should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Missouri Rankings. The Tigers (ranked 39th) will meet Winnetonka (ranked 135th) at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Excelsior Springs 2.9, the Griffins 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, Kearney will take on Smithville at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday with a big rank advantage (29 vs. 175).
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
