Parke Heritage has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Riverton Parke Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Parke Heritage will bounce into Tuesday's matchup after beating Seeger, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Parke Heritage put the hurt on Seeger with a sharp 18-3 win on Saturday. Considering Parke Heritage has won five matches by more than six runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Parke Heritage got a great performance from Audrey Tome as she tossed five innings while giving up three earned runs off six hits. Tome has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Maddy Downs was a standout: she went 4-for-5 with three runs, three RBI, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Taya Sturmer, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, four RBI, and a double.
Meanwhile, Riverton Parke had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it eight on Saturday. They skirted past the Trojans 7-6.
The victory got Parke Heritage back to even at 8-8. As for Riverton Parke, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-2.
Parke Heritage might still be hurting after the 20-0 loss they got from Riverton Parke in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Riverton Parke's Jayleigh Inman, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Now that Parke Heritage knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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