Parkland High School Baseball

Parkland's string of 10 wins in a row came to an end tonight as Northampton pounded out 14 hits, took advantage of Parkland errors, and scored 13 runs to defeat the Trojans 13-4.  By the 4th inning the Trojans were down 8-0.  The Trojans got on the board in the bottom of the 4th when Brian Zesch (2-4, 2B, R, 3 RBI) drove in two runs with a double.  Parkland found themselves on the verge of the mercy rule in the 6th inning when they were down by a score of 13-2, but managed to score two runs on another RBI hit by Zesch and an RBI single by Nick Rabasco (1-4, RBI) to extend the game.  Other hits came from Brandon Evans (1-3), Damin Muth (1-4), Chris Rabasco (2-4, 2 R), Jordan Jones (1-3), and Adam Schneck (2-2).  Starting pitcher Tyler Graeff worked 3 2/3 innings and relief pitchers Tyler Duff pitched 1 1/3 innings and Jeff Kurtz worked two innings.  Parkland finishes regular season play tomorrow at Whitehall.