Winning pitcher Chase Barnett went the distance tonight with six strikeouts in seven innings in our district opener at Tomball’s home field. Tomball out hit the Panthers tonight, but defensively Oak stopped the Cougars.  

Klein Oak’s defense had four outstanding double plays tonight. In the first inning, a 6-4-3 (Scott Arthur to Wes Theiss to Ethan Carnes). In the second inning Kaleb Goodell grabbed a fly ball in center field and then threw out the Cougar runner who didn’t tag at second base. In the third inning, we had another infield double play 4-6-3 (Theiss to Arthur to Carnes). In the fifth inning, our final double play 5-4-3 (Austin Jackson to Theiss to Carnes). Barnett ended the night with two huge strikeouts in the seventh inning. 

Offensively, Oak took advantage of several Tomball errors. Scott Arthur had a single to center with two RBIs, Kaleb Goodell had a double to center and two RBIs, Wes Theiss had a single shot through second to right field, Andy Wilson had two bunts that went down as hits, and big Ethan Carnes had two singles and an RBI. 

Great job tonight Panthers!! Let’s keep our winning streak going in district!