The Parkville Knights will head out on the road to challenge the Sparrows Point Pointers at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Parkville's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Sparrows Point's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Parkville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maryland's top teams: Towson, who was ranked 18th at the time (Parkville was ranked ninth). The Knights fell 7-4 to the Generals on Thursday. The contest marked the Knights' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Parkville saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jude Turner, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Sparrows Point was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Perry Hall.
Having lost for the first time this season, Parkville fell to 11-1. As for Sparrows Point, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.
Parkville was able to grind out a solid win over Sparrows Point when the teams last played back in March, winning 11-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Knights since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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