The Parkway South Patriots are on the road again on Saturday to play the Lafayette Lancers at 12:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Parkway South: 2.4, Lafayette: 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Parkway South is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Eureka, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Parkway South was ranked 13th). Parkway South walked away with a 5-1 victory over Eureka on Thursday.
Brennan Nickerson and Charlie Bennett did most of the damage at the plate: Nickerson scored a run while going 1-for-2, while Bennett went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Lafayette had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They never let the Tigers onto the board and left with a 12-0 win. For those curious, yes, that was the biggest victory Lafayette has managed all season.
Parkway South is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 25-6 record this season. As for Lafayette, their win was their 12th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-12.
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