Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LaGrange (13-20, 4-3)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	2
Huntingdon (22-10, 5-2)	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	4	8	2
@ Montgomery, Ala. | Posey Field

Pitching
Win: Grant Lowman (5-1) - Huntingdon
Loss: M. Webster (2-5) - LaGrange
Save: Tyler Spivey (0) - Huntingdon

LaGrange Batting
2B: none
3B: C. Muren
HR: none

Huntingdon Batting
2B: Grant Brown; Trey Smith
3B: none
HR: none

full stats

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Huntingdon edged LaGrange 4-3 in the opening game of a weekend GSAC series Friday at Posey Field. The Panthers fell to 4-3 in the GSAC and 13-20 overall.

The Panthers had eight hits in the game but left 11 men on base. Evin Eichelberger, Cody Muren and Josh Shiver had two hits each for the Panthers.

Huntingdon (22-10, 5-2 GSAC) took a 1-0 lead in the first inning off starter Mason Webster (2-5). Webster allowed three earned runs and six hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out six.

The Panthers came back with a run in the second inning and another in the third to go up 2-1. Shiver reached on an error to lead off the second and later scored on a base hit by Linwood Roberds. In the third, Muren led off with a triple and scored as David Miller beat out a two-out infield hit.

The Hawks tied the game with a run in their half of the third. They added a run in the sixth and one more in the seventh off reliever Kenneth Strack to build a 4-2 lead.

The Panthers got within a run in the eighth inning. They loaded the bases with one out against starter Grant Lowman (5-1) on a single by Shiver and back-to-back walks to Doug Scherer and Miles Lee.

Tyler Spivey relieved Lowman after the walk to Lee. He struck out Roberds but Eichelberger drew a walk to force in Shiver to make it 4-3. Spivey got out of the inning by getting Muren to hit into a force play at second.

In the ninth, Brandon Espinosa was hit by a pitch with one out. But Spivey got Miller to ground into a game-ending double play.

The two teams play Saturday beginning at 2 p.m. CDT.