Parkland High School Baseball

The JV Trojans held off a late game rally by Governor Mifflin to pick up a 9-7 win over the Mustangs.  With an 8-2 Parkland lead, Governor Mifflin put up 5 runs in the bottom of the 6th to close the game to 8-7.  The Trojans added an insurance run in the top of the 7th and Collin Duff closed the game with a scoreless 7th inning for the 9-7 final.  Duff worked 2 innings, giving up 1 run on 3 hits, recording 1 strikeout and 1 walk.  Starting pitcher Matt Mellinger picked up the win, allowing 6 runs in 5 innings.  Mellinger struck out 4 while allowing 5 walks. 

The Trojans took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, started by a Nick Iannotta (0 for 3, BB, R, RBI) walk.  Ethan Imler (2 for 2, double, 2R, 2RBI) singled, moving Iannotta to 3rd.  A Matt Mellinger (0 for 2, BB, RBI) sacrifice fly to center scored Iannotta.  Will Algard (1 for 3) followed with a single, but the inning ended with no additional runs.  Parkland added to its lead in the 2nd inning, with a Nick Stillittano (1 for 2, double, 2BB, 2R) lead off walk.  Stillittano moved to 2nd on a wild pitch and Christian Kinsley (2 for 3, 2R, RBI) singled, scoring Stillittano.  Scott Hudock (1 for 3, BB, 2R) followed with a walk and Imler doubled down the right field line, scoring Hudock for a 3-0 lead.  The Trojans added two more in the 4th with Kinsley leading off and reaching base on error.  Hudock singled and the runners moved up on a wild pitch.  An Iannotta ground ball scored Kinsley, and Hudock scored on an Imler sacrifice fly to center, to give the Trojans a 5-0 lead.  Governor Mifflin scored 2 runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning, making the score 5-2.

Parkland responded in the 5th, adding 3 runs.  A Stillittano walk followed by a Nate Markowicz (0 for 3, BB, R) 15-pitch walk and a Kinsley single loaded the bases.  Consecutive wild pitches scored all three runners, increasing the Trojan lead to 8-2.  The Mustangs rallied in the bottom of the 6th, scoring 5 runs, to pull within 1.  The Trojans added a run in the top of the 7th on a Joey Bolick (0 for 2, BB, R) lead off walk followed by a Stillittano ground out that moved Bolick to 3rd.  A Markowicz ground ball to short scored Bolick to secure the 9-7 win.