OREFIELD – For six innings, Pleasant Valley did everything necessary to knock off top-seeded Parkland.

But eventually the powerful lineup of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference champions was too much for the No. 8 seed Bears.

The Trojans’ Dylan Miller capped a come-from-behind win Wednesday with a walk-off hit in the seventh inning to give Parkland a 5-4 win in its District 11 Class 6A semifinal.

“The first round is always the scariest,” said Parkland head coach Kurt Weber. “They had to win on Monday so they have a little bit of momentum. It’s always a nerve-wracking game in the first round of districts.”

The Trojans took a 2-0 lead in the third inning on a pair of hits and a Pleasant Valley throwing error, but the Bears cut it to 2-1 in the top of the fourth when Dallas Greenzweig drove in Matt Burnett to get his team on the board.

The Bears went ahead in the fifth inning on a two-run single from Brent Black. Brandon Rutti drove in another run with an RBI single to give the Bears a 4-2 lead.

By the middle innings, Pleasant Valley starter Dan McEvoy was settling in. He limited his pitch count and made it all the way to the seventh inning, before coming out of the game with no outs and the bases loaded after his 100th pitch.

Still trailing by two runs heading into their last at-bat, Parkland (20-3) loaded the bases on singles from Christian Kinsley and Adam Mellinger and a walk to Cullan Wadsworth.

Will Algard reached base on an error as one run came home to trim the lead to 4-3. Then Miller hit a ground ball up the middle that allowed two runs to cross the plate and the Trojans to celebrate.

“I just wanted to swing at the first pitch that was anywhere close and put the ball in play,” said Miller. “My teammates did a great job of putting the ball in play and making it as unstressful as possible for me with no outs.”

The Trojans, who scored 16 runs in their last two league playoff games, couldn’t muster much offense until the final inning.

“That whole last inning was really good at-bats,” said Weber. “For the first time in the game we strung them together. Everyone up to Dylan did a really good job.”

The late rally spoiled a great outing for McEvoy, who had limited the Trojans to seven hits over the first six innings.

“He wasn’t the hardest pitcher we faced all year, but his off-speed was great,” said Miller. “He located well. He pitched a great game..”

White it wasn’t the ending he was hoping for, Lazowski liked the way his team battled against the Trojans.

“I’m very proud of these guys,” he said. “We’ve been saying all year long if we execute and play baseball the way it’s supposed to be played, we’ll find ourselves in games with opportunities to win those games. Unfortunately, today we didn’t execute as much as we should have.”

BIG HITTERS … Greenzweig and Burnett each had two hits for the Bears. Eight different Pleasant Valley players had one hit or more in the game.

NEXT ... Parkland goes on to the district semifinals Monday at Lehigh University.

Pleasant Valley 000 130 0 – 4 10 1

Parkland 002 000 3 – 5 9 1

McEvoy, Ciszak (7) and Greenzwieg; A. Smith, Duff (5), Staivecki (5) and Jenkins. W - Staivecki. L - Greenzweig.