Montgomery 4, Pflugerville Connally 2/ Montgomery Advances

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Montgomery 4, Pflugerville Connally 2

The Bears’ Collin Garrett took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before yielding to reliever Ty Boland, who earned the save.

Montgomery improved to 26-4-1 and advances to play Kingwood Park,  winner of the Kingwood Park-Lumberton best-of-three bi-district series.

Garrett remained unbeaten in seven decisions. He allowed one hit and two walks while striking out 11 batters.

“Collin went out and pitched really well,” Bears coach Chris Morris said. “He threw a lot of strikes. We’re going to have to play better as the competition gets stronger, but the kids did a good job.”

Boland put Montgomery in front 3-0 with a two-run home run to center field in the fifth inning. It was his third homer of the season.

“Ty gave us some breathing room,” Morris said.

Boland went 3 for 3 at the plate and teammate Will Fox finished 2 for 3.

Boland gave up a two-run single after Connally loaded the bases in the sixth but finished the task at hand. He had two strikeouts.