Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 CANTON, Ill. – The Parkland College Baseball team swept Spoon River College in a road conference doubleheader on Friday, March 29th. The Cobras (15-10) (5-5) completed a 7-6 comeback win over the Snappers (14-13) (3-9) in game one before running away with game two 19-3 to win their third straight game. Sophomore infielder Luke Parmentier hit a home run in each game, freshman Jax Hisle launched his first career grand slam, and sophomore Will Flanigan led the team with four hits on Friday.
 
Up next, Parkland finalizes its regular-season series against Spoon River at home tomorrow, March 30th, with another M-WAC doubleheader. First pitch against the Snappers is scheduled for noon on Saturday at the Parkland College Baseball Field.
 
Parkland College 7, Spoon River College 6
 
The Snappers got on the board in the bottom of the 2nd inning, taking a 3-0 lead after loading the bases, but the Cobras answered with back-to-back solo home runs from Josh Outlaw (1-5, HR) and Luke Parmentier (1-4, HR, 2 R, BB) in the top of the 4th. Spoon River scored again in the 6th before Parkland tied the game on a Jacob Filip 2-RBI single in the top of the 8th, and the Cobras took their first lead when Tylor Phommachanhom knocked in Ryan Snell, and Nate Bingman lifted a sac fly out to right field to go up 6-4.
 
The hosts knotted the game back up at 6-6 with two runs in the bottom half, but a go-ahead bases-loaded walk from Filip (1-3, 3 RBI, R, 2 BB) put Parkland up 7-6, and the Cobras closed out the comeback win.
 
Starting pitcher William O'Gorman (5.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 6 K, BB) struck out six of the 23 batters faced over five innings of work before being replaced by Lane Lorton (2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, K, 4 BB) in the 6th. Sophomore Alex Vertuno (2-0) earned the win with one shutout inning in relief, and freshman Mike Boyce (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 K, BB) picked up the save.
 
Parkland College 19, Spoon River College 3 (5 innings)
 
The Cobras caught fire in the top of the 2nd inning, taking a 2-1 lead on an RBI single from Charlie Marisca (1-2, RBI, 3 R, 2 BB) before loading the bases and scoring five more to take an early 7-1 lead over the Snappers in game two. Parkland poured in four more runs in the top of the 3rd, including consecutive RBI hits from Flanigan and Snell to go up 11-1.
 
Third baseman Luke Parmentier (1-1, HR, 2 RBI, R) opened the scoring in the 5th inning with a solo home run, and shortstop Jax Hisle (1-2, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, BB) added a grand slam later in the inning to give the Cobras a late 19-1 lead. Spoon River scored twice in the bottom of the 5th, but it wasn't enough as Parkland picked up the 19-3 win in five innings.
 
Sophomore starter Sam Bryan (4-1) allowed just one earned run on four hits and one walk, striking out six in four innings on Friday. Freshman Jack Robertson (1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 3 BB) closed the game on the mound, making his second appearance of the year.