North Lake was never able to get over the hump and overcome its troubles against Panola on Wednesday, as Panola won 8-7 in Dallas after going up five runs in the fifth inning.
Chandler Morris racked up two RBI's on two hits for Panola. He homered in the fourth inning and singled in the fifth inning.
Eight relief pitchers finished off the game for Panola. Erik Key faced six batters in relief and got the win on the hill for the Ponies,
Panola jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first. Panola's threat began with a single by Cal Smith. A single by Logan Bailey then moved Smith from second to third. Colby Price then singled, bringing home Smith and Austin Sojka.
North Lake scored one run in each of the first, second, seventh, eighth, and ninth.
Panola didn't relinquish the lead after scoring two runs in the third inning when it scored on two doubles by Austin Sojka, and Colby Price.
Panola pushed across one run in both the fourth inning and the ninth. In the fourth, Panola scored on a solo home run by Chandler Morris.
Panola College Spring 2016 piled on two more runs in the top of the fifth. The inning got off to a hot start when Chad McKinney singled, scoring Sojka. That was followed up by Morris' single, plating Bailey.
With the win Panola moves to (4-0) on the season and is set to see action again at home this Saturday for a 2 o'clock start vs the TCS Post Grad.
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