Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Parkland College Baseball team added a win and a loss to their record in an M-WAC doubleheader against Danville Area Community College on Sunday, April 14th. The Cobras (24-11) (14-6) extended their win streak to 12 consecutive games with a 12-5 win over the Jaguars (17-20) (12-8) before dropping game two 14-12 in extra innings. Starting pitcher Jaxon Christensen (1-4) picked up his first win of the season, and sophomore Luke Parmentier crushed his sixth homer of the season in game one.
 
Up next, Parkland hosts a doubleheader with Carl Sandberg College tomorrow, April 15th. First pitch against the Chargers (10-19) is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Monday at the Parkland College Baseball Field.
 
Parkland College 12, Danville Area Community College 5
 
A leadoff home run by designated hitter Luke Parmentier (1-4, HR) put Parkland up early – but Danville Area quickly leveled the game with a sac fly in the 2nd inning, and the visitors took a 2-1 lead in the 3rd. The Cobras didn't stay down long, scoring on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 3rd before walking in two runs and taking a 5-2 lead on a fielder's choice later in the inning.
 
The Jaguars battled back with a run in the 4th – but back-to-back RBI singles by Josh Outlaw (2-4, 2 RBI, 2 R, SB) and Jacob Filip gave the Cobras some breathing room, and Jax Hisle (1-2, 2 RBI, R, BB) drove in Filip to take a 9-3 lead. DACC knocked in one more in the top of the 6th, but Parkland pulled away in the bottom half, capped by a 2-RBI triple from Jacob Filip (2-3, 3B, 3 RBI, R), as the Cobras closed out the 12-5 win.
 
On the mound, sophomore Jaxon Christensen (6.0 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 6 K, BB) notched six strikeouts in six innings of work on Sunday before Mike Boyce (1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 K) pitched a scoreless 7th inning, striking out three in the win.
 
DACC 14, Parkland College 12 (10 innings)
 
The Cobras got on the board early and often in game two, scoring three in the 1st inning before back-to-back RBI doubles from Will Applegate (2-4, 2B, RBI, 2 R, BB) and Will Flanigan (1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R, 2 BB) in the 2nd put them up 6-0. Sophomore Luke Parmentier (2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 SB) doubled in the bottom of the 3rd to extend the lead to 8-0, but the Jaguars rallied in the top of the 4th with six runs to close the gap.
 
DACC tied the game on a bases-loaded single in the 6th, and the visitors took an 11-8 lead later in the inning on a 10-pitch at bat, their first lead of the game. Parkland ended its scoring drought with a sacrifice fly in the 7th – and RBI singles from Josh Outlaw (1-5, RBI, R, BB) and Tylor Phommachanhom in the 8th knotted the game back up at 11-11. The Cobras put the go-ahead run on base in the bottom of the 9th but could not capitalize, and the Jaguars took advantage with three runs in the 10th. Phommachanhom (2-2, 3 RBI) drove in a run in the bottom of the 10th, but a game-ending double play handed the Cobras a 14-12 loss in game two.
 
Freshman Gavin Parkerson (3.2 IP, 4 H, 6 ER, 5 K, 4 BB) faced 20 batters in his 4th start of the year, striking out five. Sophomore Freddie Elftmann (3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 4 K, BB) threw three scoreless innings in relief - and freshman Lane Lorton (2-1) was credited with the loss after entering the game in the 10th on Sunday.