The Presque Isle Wildcats were held without a run and mustered just three hits through the first six innings off Hermon starter Zach Nash Thursday as they saw their season end with a 3-1 loss to Hermon in the Class B North baseball quarterfinals.
The Wildcats, seeded 10th in the division and coming off an upset win over Gardiner in Monday’s preliminary round, outhit the Hawks, 6-4, but were held in check by Nash. They did score a run off Hermon reliever Matt Leach in the seventh, but got no closer.
R. J. Gross was stellar on the mound for PI, which finished with a 9-9 record. The junior righthander allowed only four hits during his six innings of work.
Nick Bartlett and Connor DeMerchant had two hits apiece and Gross and Dakota Morrow each singled for the Wildcats.
The Hawks scored two runs in the bottom of the third and added an insurance tally in the fifth to support Nash, who walked just three batters in the game. Keith Pomeroy doubled and singled for the second-ranked Hawks, who improved to 14-3 but went on to lose in the semifinals.
