Whitehouse One Series Win Away From First State Baseball Tournament

Class 4A

Region II FInal

Whitehouse Wildcats (29-8)

vs.

Frisco Liberty Redhawks (26-10-2)

Series

• Game 1: 7 p.m. Thursday (May 30), Allen High School
• Game 2: 7 p.m. Friday (May 31), Tyler's Mike Carter Field
• Game 3: 6 p.m. Saturday (June 1), Northeast Texas CC, Mount Pleasant, if necessary

How they got here

Whitehouse

• Bi-District: def. Red Oak 2-0 in series (W 9-2, W 11-5)
• Area: def. Sulphur Springs 2-0 in series (W 7-5, W 8-3)
• Regional quarterfinals: def. Hallsville 2-0 in series (W 7-6, W 8-3)
• Regional semifinals: def. Prosper 2-0 in series (W 10-3, W 8-7)

Frisco Liberty

• Bi-District: def. Forney 2-1 in series (L 8-5, W 4-3, W 4-3)
• Area: def. Dallas Jefferson 2-0 in series (W 11-0, W 19-1)
• Regional quarterfinals: def. Frisco Centennial 2-1 in series (W 6-2, L 5-4, W 5-2)
• Regional semifinals: def. Mansfield Legacy 2-0 in series (W 6-3, W 8-7)

Top hitters

Whitehouse

• Aaron Clemons (.409, 51 RBI, 8 2B, 2 3B, 26 R)
• Patrick Mahomes (.374, 27 RBI, 12 2B, 47 R, 27 SB)
• Derek Clemons (.368, 2 HR, 42 RBI, 9 2B, 2 3B, 33 R)
• Jared Raabe (.352, 25 RBI, 7 2B, 2 3B, 42 R, 24 SB)
• Michael Nuon (.295, 2 HR, 19 RBI, 45 R, 23 SB)

Frisco Liberty

• Brian Simpson (.464, 2 HR, 31 RBI, 29 R, 24 SB)
• J.T. VanGelder (.377, 6 HR, 20 RBI, 38 R, 44 SB)
• Jacob Colombo (.373, 21 RBI, 9 2B)
• Hayden Parker (.365, 2 HR, 32 RBI, 25 R, 38 SB)

Top pitchers

Whitehouse

• Patrick Mahomes (8-1, 2.43 ERA, 102 K, 72.0 IP)
• Ryan Cheatham (12-0, 2.88 ERA, 87 K, 82.2 IP)
• Peyton Conser (3-3, 1.73 ERA, 26 K, 36.1 IP)

Frisco Liberty

• Dan Hawk (7-2, 2.61 ERA, 45 K, 53.2 IP)
• Josh Ryan (7-2, 1.66 ERA, 60 K, 46.1 IP)
• Hayden Parker (5-2, 2.10 ERA, 57 K, 40.0 IP)

Did you know?

• Whitehouse has scored at least seven runs in each of its eighth playoff wins.
• Potential Game 3 starter Peyton Conser has not pitched since Whitehouse's first-round series against Red Oak.
• Frisco Liberty finished third in District 9-4A. Prosper, which Whitehouse defeated last round, finished fourth.
• The Redhawks did not make the playoffs last year.

Up next

• Winner advances to UIL State Baseball Tournament, June 6-7, Round Rock's Dell Diamond.