Matt Vines

STANLEY – Stanley baseball’s historic season came to end Friday as Quitman used an early surge to snatch an 8-1 win in the Division V Non-Select quarterfinals.

The No. 4 seed Panthers (21-7), who were making their first quarters appearance since 2015 and were looking for their first semifinals trip since 2004, couldn’t dig out of the early hole.

Quitman (17-10) scored four first-inning runs and built an 8-0 lead.

Stanley could have avoided trouble in the first inning after a pair of leadoff singles, but three consecutive errors accounted for the four runs.

Quitman added another pair of runs in the third inning, both coming via error. Stanley committed six errors in total.

All six runs allowed by Stanley starting pitcher Jace Gooden were unearned as he allowed four hits and one walk with five strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings.

Logan Maroney allowed a pair of runs in 4 1/3 relief innings.

Stanley’s only run came in the sixth inning when the Panthers drew four walks, the final one by Gooden, to score a run.

The Quitman starter Logan Ponder issued the first three walks before giving way to Ian Tilley. Ponder allowed just one run on two hits with four walks and four strikeouts.

Stanley couldn’t do further damage against Tilley, who threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings in relief.