Unable to hold a small middle inning lead, the Pinnacle Panthers came up short in a 7-2 loss to the Green River Pirates Wednesday afternoon at Carlson-Colosimo Field in Price.

Holding a 1-0 lead the Panthers allowed three runs in the top half of the fourth inning. Green River continued to pull away by adding four more runs in the final three frames to close out the contest.

Despite scoring just two runs in the setback, the Panthers accumulated 11 hits, three less than the Pirates. Adding three walks to the hit total, Pinnacle ended up leaving 13 runners on base.

Green River senior Axel Anguiano recorded the win on the mound, striking out five batters, while allowing two earned runs in 5.1 innings of work. Sam Corrigan finished off the final five outs in a relief effort, giving up just one hit.

Anguiano helped his own cause at the plate, finishing 2-4 with two RBIs in the box. Fellow senior Preston Marshall ended 3-4 with one triple and two RBIs. Cord Pfander finished with three hits as the Pirates ended with 14 total.

Pinnacle senior Isaac Arellano was charged with the loss after allowing three earned runs in four innings, while also fanning four batters. Stetson Motte worked the final three innings in relief, striking out two and giving up seven hits.

As a team the Panthers gathered five extra base hits. Motte ended 3-4, falling just a home run shy of the cycle. Arellano and Michael Schmitz each recorded one RBI in the loss.

Wednesday’s loss dips Pinnacle to 0-2 in region play and 3-4 overall. The win for Green River is their first of the season, moving them to 1-4 overall and 1-0 in the division.

Pinnacle will return to the field on Friday at home against Wayne for the first of two meetings this season. The first pitch is scheduled to be thrown at 3:00 p.m..