NRHEG had runners in scoring position in the fourth and fifth innings but was not able to produce the key hit. Maas worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh.
The Panthers’ Palmer Peterson was 2-for-3. Adding one hit each were Cole Staloch, Grant Kyllo and Matt Jensen. Jet Wayne had an RBI.
Trevor Tracy started and took the pitching loss, allowing four earned runs on three hits, with no strikeouts and one walk. Dempsey Tucker and Matt Jensen pitched in relief.
TCU 4, NRHEG 1
It was a pitcher’s duel at Montgomery.
Jensen started for NRHEG and allowed only one earned run through five innings.
TCU’s center fielder made a tremendous triple-saving diving catch in the fifth that robbed the Panthers of a run.
TCU took a 4-0 lead in the sixth.
The Panthers’ lone run came in the top of the seventh.
Jensen was 2-for-3 with two doubles. Kyllo and C.J. Schiltz were both 2-for-3. Peterson had one hit.
The Panthers graduate seven seniors in Kyllo, Wayne, Jensen, Tracy, Andy Shutrop, Dakota Thiele and Spencer Tollefson.