Parkland High School Baseball

If hitting is indeed the hardest thing to do in sports then pitching is a close second and in this young season if there is one thing the Trojans have seen plenty of, that is gutsy pitching from its starting pitching staff game after game. On this night the Trojans & Mike Jenkins took a tough loss, in spite of, Jenkins throwing a complete game and certainly pitching well enough to get the Trojans a win. Offensively thru the first three innings the Trojans saw only 3 men on base, Austin Mueller and Mike Jenkins via single and Dylan Miller who reached via error. Emmaus was set down in order in the Top of the 4th and the Trojans went down in order in the bottom half of the inning.

The top of 5 saw the Trojans set Emmaus down in order again. The bottom of the 5th and CK Kinsley was the lone Trojan to reach base after a single. To this point through 5 innings both the Trojans and Green Hornets had yet to have a runner cross the plate. The Top of the 6th ended up being the decisive inning for Emmaus after they started the inning innocently enough with an infield single, and then were able to sandwich some singles around defensive miscues by the Trojans and take a 3-0 lead to the bottom of the 6th.

Cullan Wadsworth promptly answered the bell by doubling to start a Trojan rally and crossed the plate with the first run of the day for the Trojans on a Adam Mellinger single. Jenkins and the Trojans made quick work of Emmaus in the Top of the 7th on a pop out, K and then Jenkins picking off the runner on 1st that had reached on error. The Trojans mounted a rally in the bottom of the 7th but fell short after only Ethan Imler was able to score after being HBP and advanced to second on a fielder’s choice and later scoring on an Austin Mueller single.