PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg South took advantage of nine Ripley free passes and a couple of errors here Wednesday night at Hank Greenburg Field en route to posting a 12-2 six-inning triumph against the Vikings. Head coach Todd Burner’s Patriots, now 6-2 with a road game set for 5:30 p.m. Friday at Fort Frye, swept the season series from the 6-5 Vikings, who had to lift starter Broedy Boyce before the first inning was over. PSHS tallied six runs in the opening frame, only two of which were earned, and then added a two-spot in the fifth and got the mercy triumph thanks to a four-run bottom of the sixth. Chase Dunbar worked five innings for the win and allowed three hits and one earned run. He walked four and fanned three. “Getting those runs in the first inning helped a lot and we took advantage of some of their errors,” said Burner, who got three runs-batted-in from Reece Fletcher and two apiece from Colin Bryant and Ben Menarchek, who went 3 for 4 with a double. The Vikings, who play host to defending Class AAA state champion St. Albans at 7 p.m. today, managed a 1-0 lead. Boyce started the game with a walk, stole second and scored on Dane Petersen’s RBI single. However, Menarchek singled to start the South first, senior Todd Burner was hit by a pitch and then Bryce Eagle reached on an error to load the bases. Fletcher followed with an RBI base on balls and then Chase Freshour had a sacrifice fly. Thomas Nutter also drew a bases-loaded walk for an RBI while No. 9 hitter Colin Bryant followed with a two-run single that scored Fletcher and Grant Hussey, who had drawn a walk. Menarcheck then doubled to the left-center gap to plate Nutter, who finished 1 for 1 with two runs, three walks and a stolen base in his first varsity start. His hit came on a one-out bunt in the third. Petersen reached on an error in the third and scored on Josh Carte’s sacrifice fly RBI where he was robbed of a hit on a sinking liner by Bryant, who made the play in center with a sliding catch. Ripley, which went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position, used relief pitcher Gavin Blankenship for the final 4 2-3 frames. In the fifth, Bryant reached on a fielder’s choice, Burner walked and they scored thanks to consecutive RBI hits by Eagle and Fletcher. Hussey started the sixth with a single back up the box and scored when Drew Cochran singled to right and the Viking outfielder let the ball get past him. Nutter (walked) and Bryant (single) also scored to end the game. Nutter crossed the plate on Menarchek’s single to left and Bryant waltzed in from third when Fletcher had a smashing drive to the left-center gap, but had to settle for just the RBI single. “Chase pitched the first time against them,” added coach Burner, whose club won 10-7 at Ripley last month. “We stretched him out a little further and we needed some innings out of our pitchers this week with all the games and Reece came in (to work the sixth) and did a good job and got a nice little walk-off single.” Ripley third baseman Rocky Ford made a slick back-handed stab near the line to rob Eagle of potential extra bases in the second. However, Eagle returned the favor in the third when Ford had a swinging bunt which went down the third-base line. Eagle jumped out of his crouch at catcher, corralled the ball and fired a strike to first just in time to get Ford.