The Parkway Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Liberty-Benton Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Parkway will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Parkway is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past St. Henry 19-5 on Saturday. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won nine games by six runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Liberty-Benton posted their closest win since April 1st on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Fostoria, sneaking past 8-7.
Megan Gerken was a major factor no matter where she played. She pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. She has been consistent: she hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Alyssa Roberts, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. Another player making a difference was Lauren Erdeljac, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.
Liberty-Benton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.1 runs on average over those games. As for Parkway, their win bumped their record up to 14-2.
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