MONT BELVIEU - Port Neches-Groves senior pitcher Eric Harrington had some struggles with the mound in the early innings of the Indians 2-1 loss to Lamar Consolidated on Friday night at Barber's Hill High School.

Harrington was very impressive but for the first three innings, he had problems with his landing foot.

PN-G head coach Jay Stone said his ace was slipping as he tried to land.

It seems like a small problem. It was just a small problem. It was a problem Harrington adjusted to. However, it was a problem that fit the kind of night PN-G had - bad luck and no timing.

The bad luck started in the second inning when Raul Renovato took a full swing at a 1-2 pitch from Harrington. Renovato caught the slightest piece of the pitch, tapping the ball slowly down the third base line as if he was trying to bunt.

Renovato reached on the in-field single.

Following the hit, Harrington nicked the shirt of Ryan Haas on a 1-2 count to put runners at first and second.

Then with one out, Cameron Blinka doubled in Renovato for the 1-0 lead.

Randal Grichuk made the score 2-0 in the third when he blasted a shot over the left field wall for his 16th homer of the season.

PN-G would not go without a fight, however.

The Tribe, which fell to 23-6 with the loss, plated an unearned run in the fifth inning to cut the game to 2-1. Then, in the top of the seventh, Mitch Todd drew a walk off Brady Rodgers. Rodgers was the winning pitcher on the night. He surrendered just three hits, allowed one run, struck out six and walked just two.

After the walk, Todd was replaced by Nathan Minshew at first base. Minshew moved to second after a sacrifice bunt from Jacob Lynch. But with Minshew at second and one out, neither Jerin Spikes or Chris Sweetenham could drive in the tying run.

Spikes popped up to first base while trying to check his swing. Then Sweetenham was punched out with Rodgers' sixth K of the night, ending the game.

Rodgers, a sophomore, has 116 strikeout victims to just 12 walks this season.

With the win, he is 12-1 on the year.