Parkland High School Baseball

The Parkland Trojans' 11-game win streak came to a disappointing end in the LVC championship game played at Hackett Park in Easton as the Whitehall Zephyrs won by a score of 5-2 to take the 2013 crown.  The Trojans got off to a great start.  In the top half of the 1st inning a Whitehall base hit was quickly erased with an inning ending double play.  In the bottom half of the 1st, lead off hitter Brad Vasilik (2-4, run) wasted no time hitting the very first pitch down the left field line for a single.  Damin Muth then reached base on an error that put runners on second and third.  Tyler Graeff (2-3, 2B, run, 2-RBI) hit a 2-RBI single to give Parkland a 2-0 lead after one inning of play. 

In the 3rd inning, Whitehall took a 3-2 lead after scoring three runs in their half of the inning.  With two out and nobody on in the Trojan half of the 3rd inning, Graeff got things going with a double to right field, and the next batter, Hudson Rabenold (2-3), singled.  What looked like a Trojan two-out rally was quickly ended when Graeff was tagged out at the plate on the Whitehall relay throw from right field.  With Whitehall scoring single runs in the 4th and 5th innings they increased their lead to 5-2.  Although the Trojans scattered nine hits during the game, they could not string enough together to get back into the game.  With one out in the 6th inning, back-to-back singles by Rabenold and Chris Rabasco (1-3) put runners on first and second, but they would be left stranded.  Nate Case (1-3) and Alex Flynn (1-2) each added singles.