Parkland High School Baseball

The Trojans first round matchup in the Eastern Pennsylvania Quarterfinals was a 4-0 Win over Northampton at Home. Michael Jenkins faced Northampton for the third time with much the same results as the other two contests for the Trojans; Jenkins went the distance and shut out the Kids yielding 0 runs on three hits in the 4-0 Trojan Victory. 

After Jenkins and the Trojans retired the side in order in the Top of the 1st, in the Bot of 1 CK Kinsley singled and stole second but the Trojans did not score. Adam Mellinger singled in the Bot of 2 after Jenkins and the Trojans Defense worked around trouble in the Top of 2, but after 2 there had still yet to be a runner to cross the plate, this would hold true till the Bot 4 when the Trojan Lineup finally broke through to take a 2-0 lead over Northampton. Bot 4  Matt Mellinger was HBP and took second Mike Jenkins then singled and went to 2nd on the throw home, then Adam Mellinger plated them both with a single before stealing second and the Bot 4 ended wiuth the Trojans on top 2-0.

Bot 5 action started with Adam Smith and Cullan Wadsworth singles and CK Kinsley reaching 1st base after a Sac Bunt and throwing error on which Adam Smith scored. Then Matt Mellinger singled with CK Kinsley going 1st to 3rd as Cullan Wadsworth scored to make it 4-0. Matt Mellinger then took second and Austin Mueller was INT BB and the score after five stood at 4-0 Trojans. Jenkins and the Trojans Defense then retired the side in order in the Top 6 and worked around a runner in the Top of 7 to secure the Win and advance to the Semifinals of EPC Championship play. 

The Trojans were in control of their own destiny to finish as Skyline Division Champs in the EPC. All they needed to do was beat Whitehall on the road, and that is just what they did with a 4-1 Win as Ryan Giovenco went the distance after getting the start. Whitehall was able to get on the board first in the bottom of the first after the Trojans saw Culan Wadsworth single and Matt Mellinger and Austin Mueller both draw walks in the Top of the first but were unable to score.

In the Top of the 2nd the Trojans made sure that the Whitehall lead was short lived as Mike Jenkins singled and Adam Mellinger and Dylan Miller was HBP followed by a Cullan Wadsworth single and a 3-1 Trojan lead. From that point on Giovenco and the Trojans defense held Whitehall in check with the side being retired in order multiple times.

The Trojans got the fourth and final run of the day in the Top of the 3rd after Adam Mellinger ROE and went 1st to 3rd on a Will Algard single and then steal of 2nd. Dylan Miller then walked and the runners advanced on a passed ball with Adam Mellinger scoring to make it 4-1. In the Top of the 4th Cullan Wadsworth singled and moved to 2nd on a CK Kinsley Sac Bunt but the Trojans did not score. Adam Smith doubled in the Top of the 6th and Austin Mueller ROE in the Top of the 7th and was pinch ran for by Collin Duff, but the Trojans did not plate any more runs on the day and finished with a 4-1 Victory and a Skyline Dision Title. 

The JV Trojans wrapped up their season with a 2-1 Win over Whitehall at home. Sergio Rodiguez and Joshua Miller held Whitehall to 1 run with Rodriguez getting the start and going 5 and Miller coming in for the final 2 innings. Offensively the Trojans scored a run in the first when Joseph Webber led off with a single and Sergio Rodriguez singled in the first inning also.

The balance of the scoring for the Trojans came in the bottom of the second inning Mark Leiby was HBP, Austin Imler reached base and Phillip Schoch and Harper Puckett singled. The two runs held up to be enough as Sergio Rodriguez and Joshua Miller and the Trojans held Whitehall in check, with the only other Trojan offense coming by way of a Mark Leiby fourth inning single.

The offense shortened the game and Harsha Bollu and the Trojan Defense kept it that way in a 12-0 Victory over William Allen on the Road. The Trojans were kick started in the Top of the 2nd after being retired in order by William Allen in the 1st when catcher Austin Mueller led off with a no doubter HR over the massive right field wall for a 1-0 Trojan lead which was followed by an Adam Mellinger single and SB and a Ethan Imler walk. Bollu and the Trojans retired William Allen in order in both the 1st and 2nd innings. Top3 Adam Smith singled and went 1st to 3rd on a Cullan Wadsworth bunt single, CK Kinsley scored the pair with a double and adv to 3rd on the throw home. Matt Mellinger was then HBP and stole 2nd, Austin Mueller walked and after a Michael Jenkins Sac Fly to make the score 4-0 Mueller stole 2nd and Adam Mellinger FC made the score 5-0. Ethan imler then singled and Mueller scored to push the lead to 6-0. In the bottom of the 3rd and 4th Bollu and the Trojans worked around runners to keep the score at 6-0. 

Top 5 Austin Mueller walked and Jeremy Piatkiewicz came in to picnch run for him followed by a Mike Jenkins single, Adam Mellinger bunt single and an Ethan Imler infield single as Piatkiewicz scored to make it 7-0 Trojans. Dylan miller then walked with Jenkins making the score 8-0, Adam Mellinger scored when Adam Smith walked making it 9-0, Cullan Wadsworth singled scoring Ethan Imler to make it 10-0 followed by a CK Kinsley single to make it 11-0 and a George Jenkins FC scored Adam Smith for the 12-0 lead and final score. Harsha Bollu came out for the bottom of the fifth and he and the Trojans retired the side in order capping another Trojan Victory.

JV posts 12 runs and shortens the game in 12-2 Win over William Allen at Home. Joseph Webber and Matthew Ervolina got the offense on the board with a run in the first inning and the JV Trojans never looked back from there posting another six runs in the 2nd inning, followed by another 3 in the fourth and 2 in the 5th to cap the scoring for the Trojans in the win. In the 2nd inning Austin Brockel walked, Mitchell Marciniak was HBP and Koby Staivecki singled and JC Grim walked, another Walk to Joseph Webber and a Tanner Lehr HBP, a walk to Matthew Ervolina and a Single by Sergio Rodriguez with a FC by Julian Nalesnik accounted for the 6 run outburst.

In the fourth inning the 3 runs were due to disciplined eyes as, Joseph Webber, Tanner Lehr, Matthew Ervolina, Sergio Rodriguez & Austin Brockel all drew walks with a Julian Nalewsnik FC sandwiched in the middle. The 5th saw JC Grim and Joshua Miller singles and walks to Harper Puckett and Andrew Sorrentino account for the scoring to close out another Trojan win.