Parkland High School Baseball

Parkland JV's won the final game of the season for their 8th consecutive win They end the season with a record of 13-7.  Three pitchers combined to shut out Central by a score of 9-0. Ryan Giovenco (4 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 2 BB), EJ Brandt (2 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB), and Harsha Bollu (1 IP, 2 SO, 1BB) combined to keep the Vikings scoreless.

Parkland's offense struck early in the 1st inning when John Amato(1-1, 2 R, 3 BB) led off with a single, Kyle Novobilski (1-4, R, 2b, RBI) hit an RBI double to right to score Amato.  Austin Mueller (1-3, R, RBI) singled up the middle to score Novobilski.  With one out, Michael Jenkins (2-2, R) singled to load the bases.  Ben Trinkle (0-2, RBI, R) grounded into an RBI fielder's choice to score another run to give Parkland the 3-0 lead in the 1st inning.

In the bottom of the second, Central threatened, but Parkland's defense got all three outs at home plate. The Vikings led off with a triple, on a fielders choice Mueller throws to catcher Friebolin to get the first out at the plate. Central then singled back-to-back to load the bases.  A ground ball fielder's choice got the second out at home plate. On a wild pitch, Friebolin flipped the ball to pitcher Giovenco to get the final out at home, ending the threat.

In the top of the third, Parkland added three more runs.  With two outs and a runner on base due to a Central error, Jenkins singled followed by aTrinkle walk to load the bases.  Braeden duff (1-3, 3 RBIs) singled to score to drive in two runs. Ryan Giovenco (1-2, RBI) singled in another run to give the Trojans a 6-0 lead.  Giovenco shut down the Vikings in the third and fourth innings. Bollu singled in the top of the 5th inning and advanced to second and then third on wild pitches.  Duff then plated Bollu on a fielders choice.  In the bottom of the 5th, relief pitcher EJ Brandt allowed a one-out triple then a walk, but got out of the jam by inducing a ground ball for an inning ending 1-6-3 double play to keep the shut out alive.

Parkland added two more runs inthe 6th. Amato led off the inning with a walk and advance to second on a wild pitch, and then moved to third on a ground out by Novobilski.  Amato scored on a fielders choice hit by  Ethan Imler (0-0, RBI).  After another fielders choice and a walk, Bollu singled in another run for the 9-0 lead.  Brandt shut down Central in order in the bottom of the sixth and Bollu finished off the 7th on the mound to complete the shut out.