Parkland High School Baseball

The Parkland Trojans bats finally came alive tonight against Central Catholic, pounding out 17 hits for a 12-2 win in a 5-inning mercy-rule shortened game at Limeport Stadium.  Everyone in Parkland's starting lineup had at least one hit, while six players enjoyed a multi-hit game. 

After a scoreless 1st inning, Parkland put four runs on the board in the top half of the 2nd inning for a 4-0 lead.  The Trojans got six hits in the inning, all singles, five of them consecutively.  Adam Schneck (1-for-4, R) got things going with a single, then after the next batter recorded an out, the next five Parkland hitters each singled; Jordan Jones (3-for-4, 2 R, RBI) drove the first run in with his single, Nate Case (1-for-2, 2 BB, R, 2 RBI) singled, Aidan Flynn (2-for-4, R, 2 RBI) drove in the second run with his single, Brad Vasilik (3-for-4, R, RBI) singled, then Damin Muth (2-for-4, R, 2 RBI) drove in the third run with his single.  Tyler Graeff (2-for-3, double, 2-run HR, R, 3 RBI) then hit a sacrifice fly for the fourth run of the inning. 

The Trojans added six runs in the 4th inning to extend their lead to 11-0.  Muth, Vasilik, and Flynn each had RBI singles, Case an RBI base on balls, and Graeff put an exclamation point on the inning with a shot over the left-center fence for a 2-run homerun.  Zack Merkle (1-for-2, 2 R, 2 HBP) and Chris Rabasco (2-for-4, 2 R) rounded out Parkland's offensive attack.  Parkland added a single run in the 3rd inning on a Central Catholic error that scored Merkle who had reached base on a single, and added a single run in the 5th inning when Rabasco scored on another RBI walk by Case.

On the mound, Tyler Duff had another strong outing, pitching all five innings for the complete game win.  Duff was perfect through three innings of work before Central Catholic scored two runs (one earned) in the fourth inning.  Duff only allowed two hits and walked one batter, while striking out seven.