ENID, Okla. – No. 3 Parkland baseball capped a perfect, 4-0, weekend with a second win over No. 6 Northern Oklahoma-Enid, 8-3, and a walk-off 4-3 victory against North Iowa Area CC. The two games on Sunday were played at David Allen Park, home of the NJCAA DII World Series.
 
Improving to 6-2 on the season, Parkland outscored their opponents 35-17 on the weekend to pick up the four wins. On the mound, Ricky Castro (4 IP, 0 ER, 8K) and Jordan Walden (5.1 IP, 1 ER, 8K) each picked up wins, while Dan Warkentin, Trevor Burkhart and Corey Price each tallied three-hit games to lead the offense to a .315 batting average on the day.
 
Up next, Parkland will begin M-WAC action next Weekend with four games against Lewis & Clark. The Cobras will travel to Godfrey, Ill., for a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday, March 16, before hosting the Trailblazers for a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Sunday, March 17, in their 2019 home opener.
 
No. 3 Parkland 8, No. 6 Northern Oklahoma-Enid 3 (7 inn.)
 
Freshman Ricky Castro tossed four shutout innings, striking out eight, and a trio of Cobras recorded multi-hit games to lead the Cobras past the sixth-ranked Jets for the second straight day.
 
Tallying an efficient eight runs on nine hits, leadoff hitter Trevor Burkhart and first basemen Daniel Warkentin each recorded three hits while third basemen Alex Steinbach added a pair of base knocks. Warkentin led the team with three RBI, while Burkhart and catcher Robert Barnard drove in two apiece.
 
After Castro stranded a leadoff double in the bottom of the first, the Cobras got to work to lead off the second inning with a one-out double by Warkentin to score a pair. Then, with two outs, Burkhart and Barnard supplied back-to-back singles to plate two more for a 4-0 lead.
 
Castro continued to keep the Jets in check with a three-up, three-down second inning and a solo hit in the third before the Cobras again added on in the fourth. A hit by pitch and a Warkentin double set the table for a wild pitch and Burkhart's second RBI single to push two more runs across, extending the Parkland lead to 6-0.
 
With the Jets threatening in the bottom of the fourth with the bases loaded and only one out, Castro finished his day with his seventh and eighth strikeouts of the day to escape the jam.
 
A Warakentin RBI double in the fifth and a Graves single in the sixth padded the lead to hold off two Jets runs in the fifth and a third run in the sixth. Logan Pillars pitched the final three frames for the Cobras, allowing two earned runs while striking out one.
 
No. 3 Parkland 4, North Iowa Area CC 3 (7 inn.)
 
The Cobras capped off the weekend with a walk-off walk, as Alex Steinbach worked the base-on-balls with no one out in the bottom of the seventh to beat North Iowa Area, 4-3. Jordan Walden picked up the win with 5.1 innings in relief with eight strikeouts while allowing just one earned run, and Corey Price led the offense with three hits, an RBI and a stolen base.
 
Parkland again jumped out in front first in game two, as the Cobras plated two runs in the bottom half of the first after starter Sam Ballard pitched a scoreless top half. However, the Trojans battled back to tie the game in the next half inning with a pair of runs off Ballard.
 
Tied 2-2 through three half-innings, Parkland scored again in the bottom of the second with an. The lead was again short lived, as North Iowa Area tied the game for the second straight inning before Walden escaped with the score still tied.
 
Both sides threw up zeros over the following three innings, as Walden kept the Trojans off the scoreboard to keep the game tied, 3-3, heading into the bottom of the seventh to set up the Cobras' first walk-off win of the season.
 
Showing patience at the plate, the Cobras drew three walks in the inning, beginning with catcher Robert Barnard. Shortstop Trevor Minder followed suit, and then Corey Price dropped down a bunt single to set up Steinbach's walk-off.