Parkland High School Baseball

The JV Trojans ended a three-game losing skid with a strong performance against Bethlehem Catholic, winning by a score of 10-0.  Starting pitcher Harsha Bollu dominated Bethlehem Catholic batters for 5 shutout innings by striking out 6 and scattering 3 hits over the 6 innings with no base runners reaching second base.

Parkland’s offense got a first inning run when Michael Jenkins (1-3,1r, 1 rbi) reached base on a hit by pitch followed by Austin Mueller reaching base safely on an error to put runners on first and second base.  Kyle Friebolin (2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI) then lined a single to center to score Jenkins for the 1-0 Parkland lead.

In the  2^nd inning, Ethan Imler (1-3, 2R,1 RBI, 1sb) singled to lead off the inning and stole second base.  Ben Trinkle (2-3, 2 R) then singled to put runners on the corners.  After wild pitch scored Imler, Trinkle scored on an error to make it 3-0 after 2 innings.

In the 4^th Braeden Duff(1-2,1R,1RBI, 1sb) singled and stole second base followed by a John Amato (2-3, 1R, 1RBI) single.  Duff scored on another Bethlehem Catholic error followed by a Jenkins RBI single to score another run.

In the 5^th, the JV Trojans loaded the based when Matt Mellinger (1-3,1R) led off with a single, Imler reached on an error, and Trinkle laid down a bunt single.  A sacrifice fly by Duff scored Mellinger, then Amato delivered a 2-RBI single to increase Parkland's lead to 8-0.

The Trojans ended the game by mercy rule in the 6^th inning when Nathan Markowicz (1-1, 1 R) singled for his first hit as a Parkland Trojan.  A Friebolin single and another error scored Markowicz.  Imler then hit a walk off sacrifice fly to score Friebolin for the 10-0 victory.