Baseball Preview: Burroughs Bombers vs. Parkway South Patriots
Burroughs is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Parkway South is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Burroughs Bombers will take on the Parkway South Patriots at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Burroughs will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Last Tuesday, Burroughs beat St. Charles West 12-9.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Parkway South gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. Everything went their way against Howell North as Parkway South made off with an 8-1 win.
Luke Sullivan made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Sullivan has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Sullivan was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
In other pitching news, Michael McDermott looked comfortable as he tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Brennan Nickerson, who went 1-for-2 with a triple, a run, and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Zack Shaw, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Burroughs is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 12-15 record this season. As for Parkway South, their victory bumped their record up to 22-5.
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