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Jacoby Hurls Complete Game, Two-Hitter; Parkland Beats Governor Mifflin
Junior right-handed pitcher Rhett Jacoby dominated on the mound today tossing a complete game for the Parkland win over highly ranked Governor Mifflin by a score of 7-1. Jacoby collected his first win of the season allowing only two hits while walking one and hitting two batters. Governor Mifflin's lone run came in the 4th inning and was unearned due to a Parkland error.
The Trojans put a run on the board in the top of the 1st inning when Chris Rabasco (2-for-3, two doubles, BB, 2 runs, RBI) hit a two-out double to left field. Hudson Rabenold (1-for-3, BB, 2 RBI, run) then singled for the RBI, scoring Rabasco for the 1-0 Parkland lead. The score remained the same until Governor Mifflin tied it at 1-1 in the 4th inning. In the top of the 5th inning, Parkland opened up the game scoring four runs. Brad Vasilik (2-for-4, run) singled, stole second base, and then with two outs in the inning the Trojans rallied, taking advantage of Governor Mifflin errors and timely hitting. Rabasco was intentionally walked to put runners on first and second. The next two Parkland batters reached on errors to score one and put Parkland in the lead 2-1. With the bases loaded, Alex Flynn (0-for-2, 2 BB, RBI) collected an RBI walk, and then Zach Miiller (1-for-3, double, 2 RBI) drove in a pair of runs with a double down the left field line.
Leading 5-1, Parkland added two more runs in the 6th inning when Isaac Neal (1-for-4, run) singled for his first career varsity base hit. After a Justin Afflerbach (1-for-4, run) single put runners on the corners, Rabasco hit an RBI double to centerfield to score Neal. Rabenold followed with an RBI ground out to score Afflerbach. After allowng a lead off single to start the bottom of the 7th inning, Jacoby retired Governor Mifflin batters in order to complete the 7-1 victory.
JV's Lose Close One to Governor Mifflin
The Parkland JV's suffered their third consecutive loss when they could not hold a late inning lead, losing to Governor Mifflin by a score of 6-5. Governor Mifflin took an early 1-0, but Parkland answered in the bottom of the 1st with a run to tie it up at 1-1. Scott Hudock (1-2, Sac) singled to lead off the inning and Andrew Roth (2 bb, 3 SB, 3R) followed with a fielder’s choice. After Roth stole second base, Michael Jenkins (1-3,BB, RBI) singled to put runners on the corners. Kyle Friebolin (1-2, Sac, 2 Rbis) hit a sacrifice fly to score Roth and tie the game at 1-1.
After Parkland's defense allowed two unearned runs to score on errors, their bats got a run back in the bottom of the 3rd inning. Roth and Jenkins walked, and then Friebolin singled to deep right center to score Roth, cutting Governor Mifflin's lead to 3-2.
Starting pitcher EJ Brandt (5 IP, 3 runs, 2 SO , 3BB) shut down Governor Mifflin in 3rd, 4th and 5th innings. In the bottom of the 5th, Roth walked and made it to third after stealing second base and advancing to third on a wild pitch. Jenkins plates Roth with an RBI ground out to tie the game 3-3. After a Friebolin walk and a Matt Mellinger (1-3, BB, 1 run) single, pinch hitter Ethan Imler (1-1) was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Freshman Austin Mueller (1-3, bb, 2 rbis) hit a 2-RBI single to centerfield to put the Trojans in the lead by a score of 5-3.
Relief pitcher Matt Mellinger (2 IP, 3 R, 2 SO, 2 BB) entered the game in the 6th inning. The Mustangs would go on to score 3 unearned runs to grab back the lead 6-5. Braedan Duff (1-1) got things going in the 6th inning for the Trojans with a single and he moved to second base on a Hudock sacrifice. However, Parkland was unable to capitalize and would go scoreless in the last two innings for the 6-5 loss.
