Baseball Recap: St. Marys' Losing Streak Snapped at Five Games

St. Marys can bid farewell to their five-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They walked away with a 7-2 win over the Webster County Highlanders.

Casey Burkhammer made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. St. Marys is undefeated when Burkhammer posts ten or more strikeouts, but 4-16-1 otherwise. Burkhammer was also big at the plate, getting on base in two of his four plate appearances with one run and one RBI.

Desmond Parks

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/29/25 @ Webster County	3
04/12/25 @ Calhoun	2
04/05/25 vs Paden City	2
04/25/25 vs Ravenswood	1
04/21/25 vs Magnolia	1

In other batting news, St. Marys let Desmond Parks and Kyle Bullman run wild. Parks went 2-for-4 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run, while Bullman went 3-for-5 with four stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. Those three RBI gave Parks a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Daniel Winland, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.

St. Marys' victory bumped their record up to 7-16-1. As for Webster County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-8.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. St. Marys will welcome Grafton at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Blue Devils' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Bearcats have averaged an impressive 7.2 runs per game this season. As for Webster County, they will challenge Greenbrier West at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Highlanders are facing the Cavaliers at the right time seeing as the Cavaliers are stuck on a six-game losing streak.