Parkland High School Baseball

The JV Trojans needed only five innings today to defeat Bethlehem Catholic by a score of 13-3.  Starting pitcher Ryan Giovenco (4IP, 3R, 3H, 6SO, 4BB) pitched four effective innings on the mound.  Giovenco held BeCAHi scoreless through the first two innings of play.  Parkland's offense started early scoring 7 runs in the first inning and batting through the order.  After a Bethlehem Catholic fielding error and stolen base, Harsha Bollu (3-3, 3R, rbi, BB) singled to right field to score 1 run.  Bollu advanced to second on the throw home.   Michael Jenkins (1-2, R, RBI) hit an RBI single to score Bollu.   Kyle Friebolin (2-3, 2R, 2b, rbi) followed with a single to put runners on first and second.   A sacrifice bunt advanced the runners to second and third.   Matt Mellinger (1-2, R, 4 RBI, BB) then hit a 2-RBI single to score two more runs.  Kyle Novobilski (2-2, R, 2 RBI, HBP) followed with another Trojan single, and a couple of fielding errors allowed Parkland to score 3 more runs to make it 7-0.

In bottom of the second inning Parkland got a lead off single by Bollu and RBI double by Friebolin.   Mellinger grounded out to a fielder's choice to score a run.  Novobilski came through with a RBI single to make it 10-0 after two innings of play.  In the top of the 3rd, Bethlehem Catholic got a run on walks and a single to make the score 10-1.  Parkland answered back in the bottom of the 3rd when Nate Markowizc (0-1, 2R, BB) and Bollu both reach base on walks. Another Bethlehem Catholic error loaded the bases.   Markowicz scored on a Mellinger RBI walk and Bollu scored on a Novobilski RBI hit-by-pitch o make the score 12-1.

Bethlehem Catholic scored a couple of runs in the fourth on a couple hits and a Trojan error. The Trojans got one run in the 4th after two more Bethlehem Catholic errors and a single by Bollu.  Relief pitcher EJ Brandt (IP, 1H, 1SO) shut down Bethlehem Catholic in the 5th inning to end the game 13-3 for the JV Trojan win.