Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 GODFREY, Ill. – The Parkland College Baseball team split a conference doubleheader with Lewis & Clark Community College on Saturday night. The Cobras won game one 17-13 in Godfrey, but the Trailblazers came out on top 8-1 in game two. Sophomore Keenan Taylor led the Parkland offense in hits and RBIs on Saturday.
 
Up next, the Cobras will host Lewis & Clark in Champaign for another doubleheader. First pitch against the Trailblazers is TBD.
 
 
Game 1: Parkland College 17, Lewis & Clark 13
 
The Cobras (23-15-1) (13-9) trailed the Trailblazers (13-20) (8-10) 2-0 after the 1st inning, before taking a 3-2 lead in the 3rd. Lewis & Clark did not stay down long, driving in five runs in the bottom of the 4th. Parkland scored two in the 5th to cut into the lead before the Cobras' bats came alive in the 6th. Anthony Silkwood's squad drove in seven runs in the inning to take a commanding 12-7 lead that the team would never give up. Four different Cobras hit home runs as Parkland won in a nine-inning shootout, 17-13.
 
Cole Evans (4-5, HR, 2 RBI, 4 R) led the team in scoring as he and Keenan Taylor (4-6, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R, SB) both logged three extra base hits. Jackson Moffat (2-4, HR, 3 RBI) and Jackson Blemler (2-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R) also went deep in the win.
 
On the mound, Mitch Mueller (4-2) got the start for the Cobras, allowing two earned runs while striking out nine batters over four innings of work. Parkland used five different pitchers in pursuit of the win on Saturday as Alex Pipes, Jack Young, Mason Sweeney and Nathan Righi all made relief appearances.
 
Game 2: Lewis & Clark 8, Parkland College 1
 
The Trailblazers jumped on the Cobras early, scoring five runs in the bottom of the 1st inning to take the lead. Parkland struggled at the plate in game two, finally getting on the board in the top of the 6th, and Lewis & Clark never let it get close. The Trailblazers drove in three more in the bottom of the 6th and the Cobras lost 8-1.
 
Keenan Taylor's (1-3, RBI, 2B) RBI double in the 6th proved to be the only run Parkland would score in the second game. Logan Reidelberger (1-3), Jaden Lamothe (1-3) and Jimmy Rybarczyk (1-2) each singled in the loss and Austin Gomm scored the Cobras' only run.
 
Reece Rodabaugh (3.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 K) made his ninth start for Parkland this season, striking out three batters over three innings of work. Jack Snider (3.0 IP, 2 H, 3 ER) relieved Rodabaugh in the 4th.