Parkland High School Baseball

Senior pitcher Tyler Duff pitched a 3-hit complete game to lead the Trojans to a 4-1 victory over visiting Liberty in the opening round of District XI playoffs.  This is Duff's third win over Liberty this season and the second time he has gone the distance against Liberty.  After allowing the lead off hitter of the game to reach on a single in the first inning, Duff did not allow another base hit until the 7th inning, retiring 17 of the next 19 Liberty batters.  Duff finished with four strikeouts and walked two.

Parkland took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st inning when Damin Muth reached on an error with two outs.  Tyler Graeff (1-3, double, RBI) then hit a double off the fence in left-centerfield to bring home the first run of the game.  Parkland took a 2-0 lead in the 3rd inning when Alex Flynn (1-4, run) led off the inning with a single and later scored on a Hudson Rabenold (1-3, double, RBI) double.  The Trojans then tacked on two important insurance runs in the bottom of the 6th inning.  Chris Rabasco (2-2, BB, run) led off with a single and advanced to second base on an error.  Adam Schneck (1-3) then laid down a bunt that Liberty threw down the right field line that allowed Rabasco to score.  After Schneck was caught stealing, Brandon Evans reached base on a hit-by-pitch and scored on a Brad Vasilik (1-4, triple, RBI) triple to deep right-center to give Parkland the 4-0 lead heading into the 7th inning.  Zack Merkle (1-2, BB, double, run) led off the 4th inning with a double, but was left stranded.

After getting the first Liberty batter out on a ground ball to start the 7th, the next two batters hit back-to-back doubles to score Liberty's first run of the game.  Duff, dominant the entire game, quickly regained control to get the remaining two outs on a pop up and fly out for the 4-1 victory.