Parkland High School Baseball

Sophomore starting pitcher Harsha Bollu pitched 5-1/3 innings to earn his first varsity victory.  Bollu allowed one run on three hits and two walks, while striking out eight Hazleton batters to lead the Parkland Trojans to a 4-1 win.  Bollu was particularly impressive during the middle innings of the game where at one point he struck out six consecutive Hazleton batters.  Senior pitcher Alec Bartholomew earned the save working 1-2/3 innings of no-hit relief pitching, walking one and collecting two strikeouts. 

A two-out double by Chris Rabasco (1-for-3, double) in the bottom of the 1st inning was for naught as he would be stranded.  The Trojans did get on the board in the 2nd inning when Rhett Jacoby (2-for-3, double, 2 R) hit a one-out double and later scored on an RBI single by Andrew Roth (2-for-2, R, HBP, RBI).  Hazleton tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the 3rd inning, but the Trojans answered in the bottom of the 4th inning with a two-out rally.  With two outs and no one on base, Jacoby got the rally started with a single followed by a Cullan Wadsworth (0-for-2, BB, R) walk and a Roth hit-by-pitch.  After Jacoby scored on a wild pitch, Dan Zaccaro (1-for-2, double, 2 RBI) then got the clutch two-out base hit with a double that scored Wadsworth and Roth and give the Trojans the 4-1 lead.  Justin Afflerbach (1-for-3) singled in the 5th inning, but he would be stranded on base.  Bollu and Bartholomew made the lead stick to preserve the win and help improve Parkland's season record to 7-0.