The Parkland College Softball team could not get their bats untracked on Thursday as they were shutout twice by visiting John Wood. The Cobras lost by the scores of 4-0 and 7-0, collecting just four hits on the afternoon.  PC has now been shutout in three of their last four games and has lost 8 of their last 10 contests.

 

Game 1:

 

A tight pitching duel turned into a John Wood  win as they scored four times in the 6th inning to earn the win. Cobra pitcher Tori Witruk cruised thru the first five innings allowing just two hits but the Parkland hitters were of no help, as JW retired the first 12 hitters of the game until Makayla Reedy led off the 5th inning with a single. She moved up to 2nd after a sacrifice bunt but was left stranded after an infield pop-up and a strikeout.  The Blazers used three doubles and a walk to score four times in the 6th and that would be all they would need as PC only managed one base runner over the final two innings.

 

JW   000 004 0   4  6 0

PC    000 000 0   0  1 1

W-Smith L-Witruk

 

 

Game 2:

 

Cobra starter Kirbie Mendenhall retired 9 of the first 10 hitters but the wheels came off in the 4th thru 6th innings.  In the 4th the Blazers took advantage of a lead-off walk and a hit batsmen to score two runs and scored two more times in the 5th with the help of two Cobra errors. They would put the contest away scoring three times in the 6th as they used three hits, two walks, and an error to score their runs.  PC never really threatened in the contest as they failed to get a runner to 2nd base and were retired in order in four of the seven innings.  Makayla Reedy had two of the Cobras three hits.

 

JW  000 223 0    7 6  0

PC  000 000 0     0 3  3

W-Hall L-Mendenhall

 

 

Parkland is now (15-18 7-9) on the season while John Wood improves to (16-12 8-8). Parkland will be on the road for the next three days, traveling to ICC on Friday, Lewis and Clark on Saturday, and will get a rematch with John Wood on Sunday.