KENOSHA, Wis. --- The Parkside Rangers used an eight-run sixth inning to down the Rockford University Regents by a final score of 17-8 in the first game of a three-game series on Sunday night. Parkside sent 12 batters to the plate in the big inning, breaking open a 5-5 game in the sixth.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-   Ryan Brouch went 4-5 with a double and three runs scored.
-   Angel Rades had posted an unlikely box score on Sunday. He drew five walks in the game and was hit by a pitch, he also scored four runs and stole four bases.
-   Andrew Harris went 2-4 with a double and a two-run homer to left.
-   Michael Zordani picked up his first win of the year, working two innings of relief while allowing just one unearned run on one hit.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Parkside got themselves in and out of trouble in the first but found themselves down 2-0 after the game's initial at-bats. However, the Rangers got a run back when Rades was able to scamper home on a throwing error by the Rockford catcher. The Regents added a run in the top of the second to make it 3-1, but Parkside would take advantage of a pair of errors in the second to pull within one.
 
The Rangers then tied the game in the third when Brouch singled up the middle on a 3-2 pitch, scoring Harris. Rockford scored single runs in the fourth and fifth, while the Rangers were again able to take advantage of the Regents' struggles behind the dish, but it was Rockford that held a 5-4 lead going to the bottom of the fifth. Parkside tied the game again in the bottom of the fifth, plating an unearned run.
 
Parkside then blew the game wide open in the sixth, scoring eight runs on five hits. The scoring got started in the inning when Harris hit a deep line drive over the left field fence for the two-run homer. After a throwing error on a Camden Kearney bunt single plated another run, it was Bryce Inman that would single up the middle, scoring two, making it 10-5 Rangers. Parkside plated three more runs in the inning, including a double steal, making the score 13-5 Parkside.
 
Rockford got three back in the top of the seventh on two hits, but Parkside had the answer, scoring two on an Emanuel Andujar Ferreira single to left center. The Rangers weren't done in the inning, plating another on the second double steal of the game, and the final run of the game on a Daniel Llanas double to right.
 
Maguire Delagrave threw two-thirds of an inning of relief, allowing one hit and walking one. Charlie Campbell earned his first save, working the final three innings.
 
The Rangers will return to action on Monday afternoon, with two games against the Regents to close out the series. The opening pitch of the doubleheader will come at 1:05 pm from Simmons Field. Links to coverage including the live stream through FloSports can be found at ParksideRangers.com/coverage.