Baseball Game Preview: Parkway South Patriots vs. Eureka Wildcats

Parkway South is on an eight-game streak of home wins, while Eureka is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Patriots will host the Wildcats at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Parkway South is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.

Parkway South proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 13) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Rolla 7-5.

Corwin Plank looked comfortable as he pitched 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive appearances.

August Johansen

Runs (Career)

05/22/25 vs Rolla	3
05/15/25 @ Lafayette	2
04/26/25 vs Father Tolton	2
04/26/25 @ Hickman	2
04/24/25 vs Parkway Central	2

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on August Johansen, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, one double, and one RBI. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Andy Hertlein was another key player, going 1-for-2 with three RBI.

Meanwhile, after low-scoring totals in their previous three match, Eureka brought some dynamite into their most recent contest. They never let Waynesville get on the board and left with a 15-0 victory on Wednesday. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by six runs or more this season.

Eureka has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-12 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Parkway South, their victory bumped their record up to 19-10.

Parkway South was able to grind out a solid win over Eureka in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, winning 5-1. Will the Patriots repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.