Parkland High School Baseball

It looked like the Parkland Trojans would continue their success against Nazareth and their ace pitcher Karl Keglovits after scoring four runs in the bottom of the 2nd inning to take a 4-1 lead early in the game.  However, Nazareth answered with four runs of their own in the top half of the 3rd inning to grab a 5-4 lead.  Nazareth never gave up the lead on their way to a 7-5 win over Parkland in the semi-final matchup of the 2012 LVC playoffs.  Starting pitcher Matt Hurd worked 4+ innings allowing 6 runs on 5 hits while striking out four.  In Parkland's 2nd inning at the plate, Tyler Graeff (2-for-3, R) got things started with a single and Kyle Stinner (1-for-3, R) then reached base on an error.  After fouling off several pitches, Brian Zesch earned a walk to load the bases with two outs for Nick Rabasco (3-for-4, two doubles, R, 2 RBI) who plated two runs with a double.  Parkland scored two more runs in the inning on a Nazareth error.  After Nazareth went up by a score of 7-4 in the 5th inning, Parkland managed to score their fifth run when Chris Rabasco (1-for-4, double, R) hit a double, moved to third on a groundout, then scored on a wild pitch.  Chris Rabasco pitched the final three innnings in relief allowing one run on 4 hits with one strikeout.  District XI playoffs are up next for the Trojans which begin next week.