The Parkway Panthers will take on the Homer Pelicans at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Parkway has struggled recently with seven defeats in a row, while Homer will arrive with four straight wins.
Parkway fell victim to Brusly and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They came up short against Brusly, falling 6-0. The game marked the first time this season in which Parkway was not able to get on the board.
While Homer didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-11), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against Lincoln Prep on Saturday as Homer made off with a 27-10 victory. The result was nothing new for the Pelicans, who have now won four matches by ten runs or more so far this season.
Clay Isgitt spent all five innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered seven earned (and three unearned) runs on eight hits and racked up 12 Ks.
At the plate, Homer got a massive performance out of Paxton Prince, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 4-for-5. Those four hits gave Prince a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Ray Castro, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with four runs, five RBI, and one triple.
Homer always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .720. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .545 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Parkway's loss dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Homer, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
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