Parkland High School Baseball

The Parkland Trojans improved their record to 4-0 with a dominant win over visiting Pocono Mountain West (PMW), cruising to a 16-1 victory in a game called after 4 innings of play.  A scheduled away game for the Trojans, poor field conditions in the Poconos moved the game to Parkland High School where the lights were turned on for the 4:00 PM game due to the cold, dark and overcast conditions.  Senior pitcher Evan McAndrew hurled a complete game, pitching 4 innings allowing one run on three hits and one walk.  McAndrew also struck out seven.  PMW got off to a quick start with their first inning lead off batter doubling down the left field line, eventually scoring to give PMW a 1-0 lead in the top of the 1st inning.  McAndrew settled down nicely after that first inning retiring 10 of the last 12 batters.

Parkland answered quickly in the bottom of the 1st inning scoring three runs on three hits and two walks.  Jeff Strisovsky (2-for-3, double, BB, 3 R, RBI) led off with a walk and advanced to third base after stealing second base and reaching third on a wild pitch.  Justin Afflerbach (1-for-2, BB, R, RBI) scored Strisovsky on an RBI ground out.  Chris Rabasco (1-for-3, 2 R) singled and later scored on an RBI single by Tyler Bruno (2-for3, triple, 3 R, RBI).  Cullan Wadsworth (3-for-4, double, 3 RBI) doubled to plate Bruno for the 3-0 lead.  After going scoreless in the 2nd inning, the Trojans broke the game open with an 8-run third inning.  Bruno led off the inning with a triple, Harrison Rabenold (0-for-1, 2 BB, R) walked.  Both Bruno and Rabenold advanced and scored on wild pitches.  Rhett Jacoby (1-for-4, double, R) got things going again with a double and scored on an RBI single by Andrew Roth (1-for-2, R, RBI).  Strisovsky singled to score Roth.  A sacrifice fly by McAndrew (0-for-2, sac fly, RBI) scored Afflerbach who had reached base on a single.  Wadsworth collected his second hit of the game with an RBI single. 

Parkland then ended the game in the bottom of the 4th inning, scoring 5 more runs for the 16-1 victory.  Strisovsky hit a one-out double, EJ Brandt (0-for-0, BB) walked, and Strisovsky scored on an Austin Mueller (1-for-1, R, RBI) pinch hit single.   A ground ball by Michael Jenkins (0-for-1, R, RBI) scored Kyle Novobilski (0-for-1, R) who had reached base on a fielders choice earlier in the inning.  Kyle Friebolin (0-for-1, R) reached base on a fielder's choice and Wadsworth drove home Mueller on an RBI single.  Friebolin scored the game-ending run on a PMW ground ball fielding error off the bat of Jacoby.