Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 FAIRFIELD, Ill. – Parkland softball swept a Tuesday evening doubleheader at Frontier, defeating the Bobcats 10-2 in game one and 6-0 in game two. Pitchers Tori Witruk (2-1) and Morgan Parrish (3-0) picked up the wins, while right fielder Emma Newton hit her third home run of the season and drove in five runs.
Parkland dominated both at the plate and in the circle on Tuesday, as the Cobras hit .373 (22-59) between the two wins with six extra-base hits and held Frontier without an earned run behind the arms of Witruk and Parrish over 13 innings pitched.

"The ladies played well," said head coach Chuck Clutts after the victory. "In the first game, we made some mistakes, but our hitting got the victory for us. In game two, Parrish was excellent on the mound and our defense and hitting was strong."

At the plate, the Cobras were led by right fielder Emma Newton who belted a decisive three-run homer and drove in five RBI in game one, while first baseman Bella Coffey tallied five hits to lead the team. Newton now has three homers and 11 RBI over her last five games.

After two unearned runs in the first inning of game one, Witruk and Parrish compiled 12 scoreless frames to close out the doubleheader sweep. Witruk allowed three hits while striking out seven, while Parrish earned her team-leading third victory with five strikeouts to just four hits. With the two standout performances, the two Cobra hurlers lowered their ERAs to 4.30 and 3.04, respectively.

Up next, the Cobras will host Sauk Valley on Friday, March 22, in their 2019 home-opening doubleheader. Game one is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. central time with game two approximately 20 minutes after the conclusion of game one.

Game 1: Parkland 10, Frontier 2 (6 inn.)

Parkland tied the game in the third, 2-2, and then busted the game open with four-run fifth and sixth innings to run-rule Frontier behind a five-RBI game from right fielder Emma Newton. Starting pitcher Tori Witruk picked up the win with six innings while allowing zero earned runs.

Setting a season-high with five runs batted in, Emma Newton plated five of the team's first six runs and delivered the back-breaking blow in the fifth with a three-run home run. The third home run for Newton in the last four games, Newton also boasts 11 of her 14 team-leading RBI in that span.

Three other Cobras also recorded two-hit games, as Camryn Skundberg, Bella Coffey and Bri Poehler combined with Newton for eight of the team's 10 hits.
Making her third start of the season, Tori Witruk overcame two unearned runs in the first inning to toss six innings without an earned run. Efficient in her work, Witruk only needed 98 pitches with 18 first-pitch strikes in route to striking out seven while only walking one.  
  
Newton supplied the first two runs of the game, as the freshman slugger doubled in a run in the top of the first, and then tied the game, 2-2, with a sac fly in the third inning.
With Witruk and the Parkland defense settling in to hold Frontier scoreless in the third and forth innings, the Parkland bats came alive in the fifth inning to pull away. Beckemeyer got things started with a one-out triple, and then scored by beating the tag at the plate on a RBI sacrifice bunt by Bri Poehler. A double by Camryn Skundberg put two runners in scoring position, setting up Newton's three-run homer to centerfield.

Again, scoring four times in the sixth, three of the first four batters reached base to lead off the inning and scored twice on a passed ball. Leading 8-2, Bella Coffey singled in the ninth run before a Sam Johnson groundout brought the lead to eight, 10-2, to setup the run-rule win.  

Game 2: Parkland 6, Frontier 0

After scoring eight runs over the final two innings in game one, the Cobras continued to plate runs to begin game two with runs in three of the first four innings of game two, and shutout the Bobcats behind seven shutout innings by Morgan Parish to earn her third win of the season.

Leading the offense, first baseman Bella Coffey led the offense with three hits and catcher Summer Johnson and center fielder Lauren Wendling drove in two runs.
Posting Parkland's first shutout of the season, Parrish spread out four hits and a walk over seven frames while striking out five. Using only 91 pitches, Parrish stayed ahead of Frontier batters with 17 first-pitch strikes.

The Parkland offense picked up where they left off to end game one with three hits in the bottom of the first to score game two's first run. After Beckemeyer and Skundberg both singled and Newton reached on an error, Bella Coffey singled home Beckemyer. Skundberg also tried to score on the play, but was thrown out at the plate.

Maddie Quattro and Lauren Wendling kept the line moving to start the second inning with back-to-back one-out singles, Quattro scoring from first on Wendling's hit. The Cobras added a third run later in the frame when Beckemeyer drew a walk, advanced on a Poehler single and scored on a wild pitch.  

Continuing to add on in the fourth, Summer Johnson led off with a single and advanced to second on the throw. After a Quattro groundout moved Johnson to third, Johnson came around to score on an error by the Frontier second baseman off the bat of Lauren Wendling.
  
Summer Johnson was again in on the action in the sixth inning, completing a two-out rally that scored Kirbie Mendenhall and Bella Co