Baseball Game Preview: Duluth Wildcats vs. Parkview Panthers

A feisty cat fight will be fought as Duluth Wildcats challenge Parkview Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Duluth has now lost seven straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since the 12th.

Duluth lost 9-1 to Parkview on Friday.

For Parkview's part, they got a great performance from Porter Berryman as he struck out 15 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and not a single walk). Those 15 strikeouts gave Berryman a new career-high.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Malachi Washington, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and one triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Ellis Appling, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

Parkview has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.4 runs over those games. Duluth's loss dropped their record down to 6-13.