Parkland High School Baseball

After a scoreless first inning, Northampton scored two runs in both the 2nd and 3rd innings for a 4-0 lead after three innings of play.  Staritng pitcher Tanner Vitovitch pitched three innings allowing 4 runs with four walks and two strikouts.  Relief pitcher Ryan Giovenco came on in the 4th inning and shut down Northampton batters.  Giovenco worked a total of 3 1/3 inings giving up 5 runs with four walks and four strikeouts.

In the 5th, Parkland’s offense rallied with a 1-out walk to Ben Trinkle and a single by Kyle Friebolin(1-3, 1 run).  Matt Mellinger (2-3,rbi, BB) then followed with an RBI single to score Trinkle.   A walk to Braeden Duff loaded the bases and another base on balls by Harsha Bollu  (1-2, RBI,BB) scored another run, cutting the Northampton lead to 7-2.

In the 7^th inning Northampton added two more runs and rallied for more when they loaded the bases with 1 out.  Lefty reliever Scott Hudock was able to pitch out of the inning without any further damage.  In the bottom of the 7th, the JV Trojans could only manage one base runner, a pinch hit single by Nick Stillitano (1-1), and lost by a score of 9-2.  Andrew Roth (1-3) also had  a single in the game.