Gophers win pitcher’s duel, District 14 title over Tigers

Unearned first-inning run denies Princeton a second-straight district championship plaque

PRESTON COLE

Princeton Post-Telegraph

GREEN CITY It is one of baseball’s oldest, but truest, cliches: Good pitching stops good hitting.

Sadly for the Princeton Tigers, the old saying played out last Tuesday night (May 16). Host Green City scored the Class 1, District 14 championship game’s only run on two hits and a couple of miscues in the bottom of the first inning and won its fifth-straight district title, 1-0 in front of 195 paid fans in a game played in just over 90 minutes.

Green City (15-6) played North Shelby at Shelbyville on Monday evening in the sectional round of the state tournament. Princeton, which had no seniors on its team, finished 11-11.

The designated “home” team because of their No. 1 seed (Princeton was the 3-seed), the Gophers got their first two batters on base when Ty Hall reached on an error by Tiger second baseman Cooper Boxley. Aaron Peavler, one of just three seniors on the 18-player Green City roster, doubled to center with Hall going to third. Princeton pitcher Landon Krohn got the next two batters out on a line drive to the mound and the first of his 10 strikeouts, but with Brody Lunsford at bat, Hall scored on a passed ball by catcher Gavin Power.

Green City 1-0. The scoring for the night - a sunny, 72-degree evening - was over.

Princeton got its first baserunner in the top of the second, as Boxley reached on an one-out error by Peavler, the game’s second and last error. Boxley stole second with two out, but couldn’t advance.

The Tigers’ best, and last, scoring threat came in the third inning. Talan Holt led off with a double to right, then Clay Evans beat out an infield single. Both runners advanced a base, but Jalen O’Haver was able to get out of trouble.

Green City got a runner to third base in its half of the fourth with two out but couldn’t score. Neither team threatened again.

Holt had two of Princeton’s five hits. Peavler got the Gophers’ lone hit in the decisive first inning. Krohn struck out 11 Green City batters while O’Haver struck out 10 Tigers.

The Tigers have played for a district championship in all three of the program’s seasons, winning a title in 2022.

Princeton 8, Novinger 7

Things didn’t look very good for the Tigers in the semifinals last Monday night (May 15). They battled chilly, drizzly conditions and a loose, sixth-seeded bunch of Novinger Wildcats. After 21/2 innings, the Tigers trailed 7-1, but they got three runs in the bottom of the third and three more in the fifth, and scored the winning run in the seventh as they pulled out their third-straight semifinal game.

Novinger (4-16), the tournament’s lowest-seeded team, took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning.

Princeton got its first run in its half of the first. Krohn led off with a double, and Kelby Thomas drove him in on an infield grounder. After an uneventful second inning, the Wildcats got their final five runs in the top of the third for their 7-0 lead.

Then, the Tigers began their rally with a 3-run round in its half of the inning. Krohn singled and Clay Evans walked, and they scored on an error on a ball hit by Thomas. Power then singled to center, scoring Thomas and cutting the gap to 7-4.

Princeton tied the game in the bottom of the fifth. Krohn led off with a double, Evans walked again, and Thomas ripped a 2-RBI triple to right to make it 7-6. Thomas later scored on a wild pitch to tie the score.

The Tigers got what proved to be the winning run in the sixth. Krohn was hit by a pitch, and Evans ripped an RBI double to left as

Princeton went up 8-7. Novinger mounted a 2-out threat in the top of the seventh off a walk and an error, but Thomas - the third of three Tiger pitchers - struck out Xander Brownwell to end the game.

Krohn reached base four time, going 3-for-3 and getting hit by a pitch. He had half of Princeton’s six hits. Thomas drove in three runs and threw the final 31/3 innings to get the win.

Both teams struggled with the weather conditions, combining to walk 19 batters - 13 by Tiger pitchers.

STATISTICS - vs. Green City

OFFENSE - Hits: Talan Holt

2, Clay Evans, Gavin Power, Tyler Coffman. 2B: Holt. Stolen bases: Cooper Boxley.

PITCHING - Landon Krohn: 6 innings, 1 run (unearned), 1 hit, 4 walks, 11 strikeouts. vs. Novinger

OFFENSE - Hits: Krohn 3, Evans, Kelby Thomas, Gavin Power. 2B: Krohn 2, Evans. 3B: Thomas. RBI: Thomas 3, Evans, Power. Runs scored: Krohn 4, Evans 2, Thomas 2. Walks: Evans 2, Thomas, Boxley, Noel Schreffler, Evan Houck. Stolen bases: Thomas, Boxley. Hit by pitch: Krohn.

PITCHING - Evans: 2.2 innings, 7 runs (7 earned), 6 hits, 7 walks, 2 strikeouts, 1 hit batter; Krohn: 1 innings, 0 runs, 0 hits, 3 walks, 3 strikeouts; Thomas: 3.1 innings, 0 runs, 0 hits, 3 walks, 5 strikeouts.

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