OREFIELD - They say it’s not how you start. It’s how you finish.

Pleasant Valley pitcher Kailyn Getz finished what she started Tuesday with a 2-0 shutout over Parkland in a first round District 11 6A playoff game.

The sophomore right-hander allowed just three hits. She walked only one, and struck out four in the complete-game victory for the Bears, who improved to 11-10.

Pleasant Valley plated one of its two runs in the top of the first inning with three straight singles to left field from the top of the order.

Jovie Valenzuela drove in Hailey Krock, but with no outs and two on base, Parkland pitcher Allison Hunsberger worked out of a jam by getting three outs after a throwing error was mixed in between.

The Trojans threatened in the bottom of the inning. Leadoff hitter Anna Belletereieri lined a single to center, which was followed by Hunsberger’s line single to left. But Getz struck out the next two batters and retired the side on a fly ball to center field.

The ninth-seeded Bears worked Hunsberger for two runners in the second inning on two pop-fly singles, but failed to score.

In the home half of the second, eighth-seeded Parkland got what would be their final two hits of the game, but a one-out sacrifice bunt attempt was popped up to Getz, who threw to first to double-up the runner and end the inning.

The Bears scored the final run of the game in the visitor’s fourth. Sophomore Lydia Borger smacked a triple into the left-center field gap, and scored on a ground out to second base by Esmeralda Telles.

The day, however, belonged to Getz, who didn’t allow a hit over the last five innings, retiring the side in order in the fifth and sixth innings. She might have done the same in the third and the fourth if not for two infield errors.

“I was a little nervous on the bus ride here,” said Getz. “But once the game began, I settled in. My pitches were all working, but my out pitch today was my fastball that I threw inside for strikes.”

Getz was ahead in the count most of the game. She had only two 3-0 counts, coming back to retire one on a fly ball to right, and walking the other in the seventh.

At no time in the game did Parkland advance a runner to third base.

“Kailyn threw a great game,” said Bears head coach Steve Caffrey, “Give credit to my assistant coach, Drew Dymond, for calling the pitches.”

Hunsberger pitched very well, especially in the final three innings when she allowed just two hits and walked none. For the game, she gave up two runs on eight hits, walked one and struck out four.

Caffrey was obviously pleased with the win, especially against Parkland (9-11), a perennial postseason team.

“We did the small things to score our runs, and that starts by putting the bat on the ball with runners on base,” said Caffrey. “Despite a couple of errors, we played very well behind Kailyn.

“Nobody expected us to come to their home field and beat Parkland. I said to the girls to go out and be the team that does.”

SO MANY STRANDED … Both teams combined to leave eight runners on base in the first two innings; the Bears left five and the Trojans left three.

2+1=0 … The Bears could have padded their lead in the sixth inning. Danica Getz led off with a bloop single followed by a walk to Borger. Parkland catcher Nadine Tandazo picked off a pinch runner at first base for the first out. Telles then singled to put runners at first and second, but Allison Borger hit a soft liner behind second that was backhanded in the air by Corrine Bigley, who stepped on the bag for a double play.

NEXT UP ... The Bears will play top-seeded Nazareth on Thursday in a quarterfinal game at Nazareth. Game time is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

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K. Getz and Ratti; Hunsberger and Tandazo. W - K. Getz. L - Hunsberger.