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Chris Common hit two home runs and knocked in a game-high five RBI to lead the Pitt-Greensburg baseball team to a doubleheader sweep of Hilbert, Friday afternoon at Bobcat Park.
With his second home run of the season, Common etched his name in the record books as the sophomore now owns the single-season home run record with 10. The 2016 AMCC Newcomer of the Year drilled a grand slam in his first at-bat of the afternoon and broke the single-season home run record with a solo bomb in the fifth.
Mike Parlak also left the yard for Pitt-Greensburg, as the Bobcats trailed 3-1 in the bottom of the third. With two runners on base and leading 2-0 in the count, Parlak cleared the bases with his fourth home run of the season to give Pitt-Greensburg the lead, which they held for the remainder of the game.
Game 1- Pitt-Greensburg 6, Hilbert 3
Hilbert would take the lead in its first at-bats of the afternoon, as the Eric Flores plated the first run of the afternoon with an RBI single.
The lead would not last long as the Pitt-Greensburg offense got going in the bottom of the inning.
Zack Zimmerman,
Dylan Pounds, and
Tyler Holland all reached base to begin the inning and
Ryan Dodson drew a bases loaded walk to tie the game at one.
With the bases still loaded, Common got the green light on a 3-0 count and he did not disappoint, as he drilled a home run over the right field fence to put the Bobcats ahead 5-1.
The Hawks got two runs back in the fourth, but
Brandon Hoener was dialed in and did not allow a run over the final three innings. Hoener threw his third complete-game of the season, striking out four to earn his sixth win of the year.
Game 2- Pitt-Greensburg 8, Hilbert 4
The Bobcats went ahead on the score in the second, as Common and Parlak hit back-to-back singles to begin the inning and Common came around to score on a wild pitch.
Hilbert would come back in the top of the third as it scored three runs, all with two outs.
Pitt-Greensburg responded to the big inning from Hilbert with a four-run outburst of its own. Pounds and Holland each hit one-out singles, followed by a single from Dodson that scored Pounds. With two outs, Parlak came to the plate and drilled a three-run home run to put Pitt-Greensburg back in the lead.
Matt Mish pitched 6.2 solid innings, followed by
Bill Minnick and Pounds to close out the ninth and the top of pitchers helped guide the Bobcats to the 8-4 victory and a sweep of Hilbert.
Pitt-Greensburg returns to the diamond Sunday, when it travels to Alliance, Ohio to face Mt. Union in a doubleheader.
