HS Watch: Tormos, Van Alstyne Take Game 1

The Van Alstyne Panthers got one game closer to advancing to the 3A state baseball playoffs in Austin next week with a 2-1 victory over Harmony in Tyler.

Samuel Tormos, a Cougars commit, took the mound for the Panthers on Thursday night . . . In all, Tormos pitched four innings allowing just one run in the third inning and he struck out six . . . A great key to his success was his getting eleven first-pitch strikes.

At the plate, Tormos had a hit (a triple to the wall in left-center) and an RBI in the fourth inning, the only inning the Panthers scored any runs in the game . . . Tormos’ hit was one of only three hits the Panthers would get on Thursday.

With the win, Van Alstyne takes a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series which resumes Friday at 7pm in Prosper. –

BOX SCORE
. . . . . . . . . . . .  1   2   3   4   5   6   7    –   R   H   E
Van Alstyne    0   0   0   2   0   0   0         2    3    0

Harmony        0   0   1   0   0   0   0          1   9    0