Parkland High School Baseball

The JV team was handed their second loss of the season in a 5-1 game against Nazareth.  The Trojans gave up 4 runs in the 2^nd inning that proved to be the difference in the game.  Starting pitcher Christian Kinsley worked 5-1/3 innings, allowing 5 runs on 6 hits and 4 walks, recording 4 strikeouts.  Nick Iannotta pitched 2/3 inning in relief, retiring the two batters he faced, one by strikeout.  The Trojan offense struggled against the Blue Eagle pitching, collecting 3 hits in the game.  Parkland’s lone run was scored in the 2^nd inning when Will Algard (1 for 3, R) reached base on error.  Following a Collin Duff walk and a passed ball, Algard scored on a Josh Lee (0 for 3, RBI) ground ball.  The Trojans threatened in several innings, but couldn’t find the key hits needed, leaving 7 runners in scoring position.  Nate Markowicz (1 for 3) singled in the 3^rd and Matt Mellinger (1 for 3, double) doubled in the 5^th, but both were stranded on base.  The loss drops the team to 8-2 on the season.

The Parkland Trojans started their Saturday afternoon game against Freedom in what has become a familiar manner this season.  This time they sent ten batters to the plate in the top of the first inning and by the time the third out was made, the Trojans had seven hits, two for doubles, and a 5-0 lead.  If that wasn't enough, Trojan hitters kept pouring it on in the 3rd inning.  Eleven Trojan batters stepped into the box in the top of the 3rd inning and by the time that inning was over, another five runs crossed the plate on three base hits, four walks and a hit-by-pitch.  With a 10-0 lead after three innings of play, the Trojans added two runs in the 5th inning to win by a score of 12-0 in the 5-inning game.  Five Parkland players had two-hit games today.

Connor Higgins earned the win in a two-hit complete game shutout and improved his record to 4-0 on the season.  Higgins walked one and struck out four in his five innings of work on the mound.  After Higgins retired the side in order in the bottom of the first inning, Freedom had their best chance to score in the 2nd inning when they collected their only two hits of the game.  With runners on second and third base with one out, Higgins got out of the inning with a strikeout and a ground out.   Higgins then went on to retire nine of the next ten batters and struck out the last batter of the game to end it.

Lead-off hitter Jeff Strisovsky (1-for-3, BB, 2 R) singled to open the game and Chris Rabasco (2-for-3, double, 2 R, 2 RBI) doubled to the wall in centerfield to score Strisovsky.  Evan McAndrew (2-for-3, 2 doubles, R, 2 RBI) then followed with a double of his own to the left-center gap to plate Rabasco.  After a Tyler Bruno (2-for-3, BB, R) single, McAndrew scored from third base on a dropped third strike.  Harrison Rabenold (1-for-3, R, RBI) hit an RBI single to score Bruno, followed by a single by Andrew Roth (2-for-3, 2 RBI).  Dan Zaccaro (1-for-1, RBI) then hit a two-out single up the middle to drive in Rabenold and give Parkland the 5-0 lead after one inning. 

In the 3rd, Roth hit a sacrifice fly to score Cullan Wadsworth (0-for-1, BB, HBP, R, 2 RBI) who was hit by a pitch to reach base.  After back to back walks to Austin Mueller (0-for-2, BB, R) and Strisovsky, Justin Afflerbach (2-for-3, R, RBI) hit an RBI single to score Mueller.  Rabasco then singled on a ground ball that bounced over the head of the third baseman to score Strisovsky.  Afflerbach then scored on a McAndrew RBI double and Rabasco then came around to score on a Wadsworth RBI base-on-balls.  Parkland finished their scoring in the 5th inning when pinch hitters Kyle Novobilski and Kyle Friebolin were both hit by a pitch to reach base with one out in the inning.   Bruno singled to load the bases.  With two outs and the bases loaded, pinch hitter Michael Jenkins hit a line drive RBI single to score Novobilksi.  Roth then collected his second hit and second RBI of the game to plate Friebolin and increase the Trojan lead to 12-0.  Higgins then ended the game with a 1-2-3 fifth inning for the 12-0 Parkland win.

The JV bats stayed hot pounding out 11 hits as the Trojans rolled past Freedom 14-2 in 5 innings, improving to 8-1 on the season.  Starting pitcher Collin Duff worked all 5 innings to earn the win.  Duff allowed 2 runs on 4 hits, with 4 strikeouts and 3 walks.  The Trojan defense backed up Duff's pitching performance with another solid game.  A bases loaded double play ended the 4th inning, halting the Patriot's attempt of a late game rally.

Parkland jumped out to early lead, scoring 4 runs in the bottom or the 1st.  Joey Bolick (0 for 1, 3BB, 3R) walked to lead off the inning and moved to 3rd on a Scott Hudock (3 for 3, BB, 2R, 3RBI) single.  Ethan Imler (1 for 2, 2BB, R, 2RBI) singled to score Bolick and move Hudock to 3rd.   Matt Mellinger (1 for 3, double, BB, 2R, 2RBI) followed with a double to left field scoring Hudock.  Imler scored on a sacrifice fly by Nate Markowicz (0 for 1, R, 2RBI) and Nick Stillittano (2 for 3, R, 2RBI) singled to score Mellinger for the 4-0 lead. 

The Patriots picked up 2 runs in the top of the 2nd, but the Trojans responded with 6 runs in the bottom half of the inning breaking the game open 10-2.  Christian Kinsley (2 for 2, BB, 2R, RBI) got the inning started with a lead-off single and Bolick followed with a walk.  With runners as 2nd and 3rd, Hudock singled down the right field line to score Kinsley and Bolick.  Mellinger then walked and Markowicz reached base on a fielder's choice.  Stillittano singled to score Mellinger and Will Algard (1 for 2, double, R, 2RBI) doubled to left field scoring Mellinger and Markowicz.  Kinsley, with his 2nd hit of the inning, singled to score Algard for the 10-2 lead.  The Trojans added a run in the 3rd inning on a Hudock single who later scored on a Markowicz sacrifice fly to center.  Parkland rounded out the scoring, with 3 additional runs in the 4th.  Colin Calpin (1 for 2, BB, R) singled to start the inning. Four consecutive walks by Kinsley, Bolick, Hudock, and Imler scored Calpin and Kinsley.  Bolick scored the Trojans final run on a Markowicz ground ball for the 14-2 victory.

Evan McAndrew, Tyler Bruno and Cullan Wadsworth had multi-hit games as the Parkland Trojans scored 11 runs on 13 hits for the 11-1 victory over rival Whitehall Zephyrs in a game called after 6 innings of play.  The Trojans are now 9-0 on the season as they won their fourth game of the season in mercy-rule fashion.  Rhett Jacoby pitched all six innings for the complete game victory allowing one run with one walk while scattering six hits.  Jacoby surrendered the lone Whitehall run of the game in the first inning and took control the rest of the way.  Whitehall did mount a 2-out threat in the 5th inning when they loaded the bases on a walk and two singles, but Jacoby ended the threat with a strikeout. 

The Trojans bats were again quick to strike, scoring four runs in the top of the 1st inning.  Jeff Strisovsky (1-for-3, BB, R, RBI) singled, Justin Afflerbach (1-for-4, 2 R, RBI) reached on an error and Chris Rabasco (1-for-3, BB, 2 R) walked to load the bases.  McAndrew (2-for-4, R, 3 RBI) singled to drive in two runs and give Parkland a quick 2-0 lead.  After a Bruno (3-for-3, HBP, R, RBI) bunt single to load the bases again, Jacoby was hit by a pitch to score Rabasco.  McAndrew then scored later on a dropped third strike to put Parkland up by a score of 4-0.

After Whitehall scored in the 1st inning to make the score 4-1, Bruno singled to lead off the 3rd inning.  Jacoby (1-for-3, HBP, R, RBI) followed with a single and Wadworth (2-for-3, BB, 2 R) bunted for a single to load the bases once again.  Austin Mueller (1-for-2, RBI) then hit an RBI single to left field to score Bruno.  Jacoby then scored on a Dan Zaccaro ground out for the 6-1 lead.  Parkland added another four runs in the 5th inning when the first two batters of the inning reached base with a Wadsworth single and a walk to Mueller.  Zaccaro laid down a sacrifice bunt to put runners on second and third base with one out.  Strisovsky drove in Wadsworth with an RBI ground out, and Afflerbach singled up the middle for an RBI.  After a Rabasco single, McAndrew drove in his third run of the game with the RBI single.  Bruno then collected his third hit of the game with an RBI single that scored Rabasco.  Parkland scored its final run in the 6th inning on an RBI sacrifice fly by pinch hitter Kyle Friebolin.  Pinch hitter EJ Brandt (1-for-1) added a single for the Trojans in the 6th inning.  Jacoby then set the Zephyrs down in order in the bottom of the 6th inning to end the game for the 11-1 win.

Ryan Giovenco tossed a 4-hit complete game to lead the JV Trojans in an impressive 8-2 win over the Whitehall Zephyrs.  Giovenco and the Trojan defense combined to retire the first 12 Zephyr batters, 8 by strikeout.  The first Zephyr hit of the game came in the top of the 5th, but was erased by a Parkland 5-4-3 double play.  In the 2nd inning, the Trojan defense also doubled off a runner who had reached base on error, on a fly ball to center.   Giovenco finished the game with 10 strikeouts, while allowing 2 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks.  The Trojan offense continued its balanced attack spreading 11 hits among 8 batters to score its 8 runs.

Ryan Giovenco (2 for 3, double, 2R, RBI) singled to get the Trojans started in the bottom of the 1st.  An Ethan Imler (1 for 3, double) double moved Giovenco to third.  A ground ball by Nate Markowicz (1 for 2, double, 2R, RBI) scored Giovenco for an early 1-0 lead.  Parkland added to their lead with 2 runs in the third.  Giovenco led off the inning with a double down the left field line and scored on a Matt Mellinger (1 for 1, R, RBI) sacrifice fly.  Markowicz followed with a double and scored on a Nick Stillittano (2 for 3, triple, R, 3 RBI) triple on a deep fly ball to left field to take a 3-0 lead.  The Trojans added another run in the fourth inning on back to back singles by Colin Calpin (1 for 2, BB, 2R) and Scott Hudock (2 for 3) and a sacrifice fly by Giovenco that scored Calpin. 

The Trojans put the game out of reach in the bottom of the 5th scoring 4 runs to take an 8-0 lead.  Mellinger led off with a single followed by a Markowicz walk.  Stillittano singled to score Mellinger and Markowicz.  Calpin followed with a walk and the runners moved up to 2nd and 3rd on a Hudock ground ball.  Joey Bolick (1 for 4, 2 RBI) singled to score Stillittano and Calpin.  The Zephyrs attempted a rally in the top of the 7th scoring 2 runs, but Giovenco closed the door striking out his tenth batter to end the game for the 8-2 victory.