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Trojans lose on the road to North Penn 6-1
On a cool and overcast Saturday the Trojans journeyed to Lansdale and lost to North Penn 6-1. North Penn owner of 3 State Titles with the most recent coming in 2015 have a long track record of success to rival the Trojans and on this day they executed better and spoiled Harsha Bollu’s anticipated return to the mound for the Trojans. George Jenkins got the start behind the dish and although there was some traffic on the bases neither team scored through the first 2 innings.
In the Top of 3 the Trojans took the early lead 1-0 after singles by Mike Jenkins and Cullan Wadsworth and Jenkins scoring when Matt Mellinger reached on an error. In the bottom of the 3rd the lead quickly disappeared after the Knights scored 4 times to lead 4-1 after 3. Top of 4 saw Ty Conrad and Jeremy Piatkiewicz and draw walks but were stranded on the base paths. The Knights then promptly scored another 2 runs in the bottom of the inning taking a 6-1 lead.
In the Top of the 5th Mike Jenkins singled and Adam Smith ROE but were left on base. Matt Mellinger came on in relief in the Bottom of the 5th with Will Algard taking over first base duties and Ethan Imler in to play LF. The Knights got a couple runners on but a Smith to Piatkiewicz to Algard DP and Mellinger strikeout ended the threat. In the Top of the 6 a Piatkiewicz single and a Mike Jenkins single put runners on base but the Trojans did not score.
