MONT BELVIEU -- Lamar Consolidated's Brady Rodgers finished on Saturday what he started on Friday.

  Rodgers dusted Port Neches-Groves in a complete-game, three-hit, 2-1 victory on Friday night for Game 1. That put the Tribe down a game in their best-of-three series with the Mustangs.

  However, PN-G responded in Game 2 by scorching Lamar to a six-inning, 11-1 decision. It seemed as if Lamar ran out of pitchers and all the momentum was in the Indians' dugout going into Game 3 at Barbers Hill, but the celebrating from Game 2 ended with the second pitch of Game 3.

  The Mustangs' leadoff hitter, Cody Abraham, yanked a solo shot off Mitchell Todd over right field to give Lamar an early 1-0 lead, a lead Lamar never surrendered.

  The Tribe did make their 6-4 loss interesting in the final inning, however. With two outs in the seventh inning, the Indians turned a 6-0 deficit into a 6-4 score with a runner at first base.

  That's when Lamar called on Rodgers to get the final out.

  Matt Woods, PN-G's third pitcher of the game and replacement for Todd in the fifth spot of the lineup, worked Rodgers to a 2-2 count before grounding out to first base to end the game.

  And that's how 2008 came to an end for the Indians baseball season. 

  In fact, it was just like the Indians 2007 football season ended. Both seasons came to a close at the hands of the Mustangs.

  With the loss, PN-G finishes at 24-7 overall. The Tribe also claimed the District 22-4A championship, posting a 12-2 league mark.

  Head coach Jay Stone said his Indians just did not hit the ball well enough to win in the early innings of Game 3.

  "You know, I thought we had all the momentum going into the last game but we just didn't hit the ball when we needed to," Stone said. "I don't know what happened. We just took too long.

  "It was too little too late."

  With one out in the seventh, Chris Sweetenham picked up a double. Amir Jalali flew out to center for the Tribe's second out. Following that out, Eric Harrington kept the game alive with an infield single, pushing Sweetenham to third. Then Blake Reyenga drew a walk to load the bases for Jon Carnahan.

  Carnahan had an amazing day at the plate and behind the plate. With the game still at 1-0, Carnahan threw out two Mustangs at first base to preserve the one-run game.