FERRIDAY &8212; Of course every pitcher with the slightest competitive fire would love to be in this situation: small lead, last inning, one out.

But for Huntington&8217;s Trey Corbett, it was a little extra that got his juices going.

He had to close the door, or there would be no other door to close this spring. He was even shaky during warm-ups, but he got a flyout to right and a called third strike to end the game with a 7-3 win over Glenbrook in Game 2 of the best-of-three playoff series.

The winner of Game 3 at 3:30 p.m. Friday in Minden will advance to the next round.

&8220;My arm wasn&8217;t real warm going out into the field,&8221; said Corbett, who threw two innings in Game 1 Tuesday, a 9-5 Glenbrook win. &8220;I just had to warm it up. My pitches were bad until I got my arm warm. Everybody was real pumped up (today). Everybody knew it could be our last game of the season. Nobody wanted to go home yet.&8221;

Corbett closed the door on the Apaches to force the deciding game after they struggled to get hits off starter Huston Eliser, who went six solid and got an out in the seventh before his pitch count hit 127.

Eliser walked two before Hounds head coach Mitch Ashmore summoned Corbett from shortstop to the mound. Jared Mourad drew the first walk and went to second on a wild pitch and came around to score on another wild pitch.

Even when Corbett came in, he went with the fastball to battle through two full counts to get out of the inning.

&8220;(Huston) got a little tired at the end, and that happens with a lot of older and seasoned guys than high-school players,&8221; Ashmore said. &8220;It was a good job by him. Trey threw well over there for a couple of innings, and he should be available for Friday. His fastball has looked really good.

&8220;We needed a win. We had lost three of the last four, but I thought we played a little better tonight. I don&8217;t think we took advantage of a lot of things, but we took advantage of enough to win the game.&8221;

Eliser gave the Hounds the outing they needed from someone behind No. 1 starter Trey Brasher. He kept the ball low and got the Apaches on a number of ground balls after the second inning, but errors played a part in the two runs he was charged with.

Eliser allowed only three hits, walked three and hit two through six innings. The curveball gave the Apaches problems &8212; that is, well, until he couldn&8217;t get it to curve any more in the seventh.

&8220;That was the payoff pitch tonight,&8221; Eliser said. &8220;Toward the end I had to take a little off of it, but it was still effective. I was killing Ples (Arthur) back there. I just ran out of juice. Mitch knew he had to come get me. When I struggled in the beginning, I was throwing balls when I had 1-2 counts and 0-2 counts.&8221;

Fortunately, Eliser was able to get out of the jam each time. The Apaches trailed 2-0 after one and got a run in the third when Chase Wentz walked, stole second, went to third on a Hunter Boggs sacrifice bunt and scored on a wild pitch.

They added another in the fifth when Mourad stole second, went to third on an error on the throw and scored on Lane Tindall&8217;s double.

But outside of that, the Apaches left eight on through six, including two in each of the first three innings.

&8220;Huston is a good pitcher, and he kept it in tight and kept it in close for us,&8221; Glenbrook head coach Heath Harville said. &8220;We just didn&8217;t get on the ball. When we had runners in scoring position, we didn&8217;t take advantage of it. They&8217;re coached well, and they played well tonight. Hopefully we can close it out at our place Friday.&8221;

The Hounds got those two runs in the first on RBI singles from Landon Willard and Eliser, but the pitcher broke it open a bit in the fourth when he launched a ball over the fence in straight center for a solo homer in the fourth for a 3-1 lead.

But the Apaches ran into trouble in the fifth. Phillip Washington reached base on an error to lead off, and Wentz hit Richard Steele and Arthur to load the bases. Brasher&8217;s infield single scored Washington and Landon Willard walked to score Steele for a 5-2 lead.

Harville brought in Tindall in relief, and Eliser hit a 2-1 pitch for a single to score Arthur and keep the bases loaded. Tindall then walked Brant Bradley to score Brasher.

&8220;Their pitcher &8212; he was a decent pitcher, but we should have killed the ball (Tuesday) like we did tonight,&8221; Eliser said. &8220;We still didn&8217;t hit the ball like we can. We had opportunities that we didn&8217;t score. A 7-3 win, but we still made a lot of mental mistakes &8212; more than Mitch wants us to.&8221;