Parkland High School Baseball

The Parkland Trojans picked up their 8th win in a row with a 9-5 victory over Becahi.  The game was close most of the way with both teams picking up early runs.  Starting pitcher Dan Shaw went 4 2/3 innings.  Adam Fye came on in relief to protect a 6-4 lead in the 5th inning with the bases loaded.  After allowing one run to score to make it 6-5, Fye got out of the jam and ended the inning with a strike out.  Parkland batters scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to gain breathing room, including RBI hits by Nick Rabasco, Ben Breiner, and Ryan Sutovich.  Parkland had 8 hits all together from Rabasco (2 hits, 4 RBI), Derek Freibolin (2 hits), Tyler Graeff (1 hit), DC Castillo (1 hit).  Fye pitched the final 2 1/3 innings to secure the 9-5 victory.

JV Extends Win Streak:  The JV team extended their win streak to 6 games beating Becahi 9-1.   Gabe Mosser pitched 5 shutout innings and Zack Miiller pitched 2 innings, with no earned runs. Center fielder Brandon Evans had a fantastic diving catch and shortstop Aidan Flynn had 3 hits in the 9-1 win as the Trojans continue their hot streak.

Parkland batters picked up right where they left off in their previous game by scoring 6 runs in the top of the first inning against Freedom.  In the end, Parkland batters had 18 hits and defeated Freedom 19-4 in 5 innings.  Matt Hurd pitched the complete game for the win.  Jarred Cury (two 1B & two 2B, 5 RBI), Tyler Graeff (1B & two 2B, 5 RBI), and Ben Breiner (two 1B) led the offensive attack.  Jacob Rosenblatt hit a solo HR and several other Parkland batters contributed at the plate:  Dan Shaw (2B, RBI), Ryan Sutovich (2B, RBI), Damin Muth (2B, 2 RBI), and Hurd (1B, 2 RBI); Tyler Cooperman, Brian Zesch, Derek Freibolin, and Nick Rabasco each added singles to the hits total. 

5th Straight for JV in Come From Behind, Extra Innings Walk-off Win:  Parkland JV spotted the Freedom Patriots some early runs, but 5 innings of relief pitching by Tyler Duff from the 3rd through 7th inning kept Parkland in the game.  Parkland was down 9-7 in the 7th inning.  In the bottom of the 7th, Parkland took advantage of some walks, hit batters, and fielders choice, and with two outs, a passed ball tied the game.  In extra innings, Gabe Mosser pitched a perfect 1-2-3, 8th inning, and he also made a great defensive play in the inning. Timmy Baranek continued his hot hitting my smashing a triple to right field to lead off the bottom of the 8th.  Brandon Evans then scorched the first pitch he saw up the middle to bring in the winning run.

Parkland batters pounded out 16 hits in their 5-inning, 12-2 win over visiting Delaware Valley.  Parkland was led by Ben Breiner who was 4 for 4 with 2 doubles, triple, single, and 2 RBI, while teammates Damin Muth and Cody Callahan each had 3 hits and 2 RBI.  Pitchers Brian Zesch (3 innings) and Adam Fye (2 innings) cruised to victory after allowing two first inning runs.  Other hits came from Jarred Cury (2 1B, RBI), Kyle Stinner (1B), and Derek Freibolin (1B, RBI).  John Kucharczuk had 2 RBI.

The JV team continued their hot streak winning their 4th consecutive game 15-0 over Delaware Valley in 4 innings.  Pitchers Zack Miiller (3 innings) and Gabe Mosser (1 inning) combined for the shutout victory.

Parkland's Dan Shaw threw 5 1/3 innings of no-hit ball and finished with a 2-hit complete game allowing only one unearned run as Parkland beat Emmaus 2-1.   Parkland took a 2-0 lead into the 7th where Emmaus managed to score an unearned run and put the tying run on second base before Shaw sealed the victory.  Parkland scored its runs on an RBI double by Matt Hurd and an RBI single by Nick Rabasco.  Parkland hitters got 8 hits off Emmaus' Pisauro:  Ben Breiner (1B, 2B), Hurd (2B), Rabasco (2 1B), Derek Freibolin (3B), DC Castillo (1B), and Ryan Sutovich (1B).  Parkland also got solid defense from shortstop Cody Callahan and in the outfield Castillo, Freibolin, and Tyler Graeff all made nice catches on difficult flyballs.

The Parkland Trojans swept Dieruff in a doubleheader played at Parkland.  In the first game, Matt Nelson worked 4 innings on the mound and Tyler Cooperman pitched the 5th and final inning.  Several players had multi-hits, including Dan Shaw (2B, solo HR), Matt Hurd (2 hits), Nick Rabasco (1B, 2B), and Jake Rosenblatt (1B, 2B).  Parkland won 13-3.  In the second game, Tyler Graeff pitched three no-hit innings in the Trojans' 15-0 victory.  The Trojans continued swinging the bat well, with multi-hits by Ryan Sutovich (3 hits), Cody Callahan (2 hits), DC Castillo (2 hits), Ben Breiner (2 hits), Jarred Cury (2 hits), and hits by Damin Muth (2B), and Derek Friebolin (3B).

The Parkland JV team traveled to East Allentown to take on the Dieruff Huskies. The Trojans shut out the Huskies and won the game, 9-0, on the back of great pitching efforts by Nate Case (4 innings), Alex Flynn (1 innings), Zack Miiller (1 inning) and Chad Cury (1 inning).