CHULA — Six runs in the second inning and the pitching of Winston Lamb snapped Tiftarea Academy’s two-game District 3-3A skid Thursday. The Panthers got eight strikeouts from Lamb as they earned a 9-2 victory over visiting Brookwood.

The win came two days after falling in extra innings to Brookwood after building a 3-0 lead, and not quite a week after being one-hit at Valwood.

“Tuesday was very frustrating,” said Panthers head coach Chance Benson. “Robert (Garner] threw so well.” Walks and errors helped Brookwood go ahead.

Though Benson wished they had more hits Thursday, “We had two big innings.”

Brookwood scored first, a wild pitch that plated Walker Jackson in the second frame, but the Panthers sent 11 men to the dish in the bottom half to turn the game around.

The rally began with a Dawson Butler single to right. William Garner  added a base hit and Tiftarea had two on with none out.

Though Garner was erased on Lamb’s fielder’s choice, they soon began piling on the runs. An error on a pickoff attempt of courtesy runner Landon Clark brought home Butler for a 1-1 tie.

Tiftarea’s flow of runs continued by ones. Clark came in on an error. Reed Jackson, Jackson Parrish, Robert Garner and Butler all had RBIs before the Warriors could get out of the inning.

Walker Jackson came in for relief during the second and he and Lamb both continually stranded baserunners for the next two innings. Lamb got through the fifth unscathed, but not Jackson.

Back-to-back walks in the bottom of the fifth put William Garner and Lamb aboard, Clark courtesy running once more. Monk barely avoided being hit by a pitch, but came through in a bigger way, driving in both runners on a single to make it 9-1.

Brookwood’s Roland Waldrop earned a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the sixth, plating Walker Jackson for the Warriors’ only other run. Jacob Joyner got out of that jam, then pitched the seventh as the Panthers held on.

Tiftarea terrorized the basepaths Thursday, swiping 10 bags. Those swipes included one by Butler in the sixth, a rare chance for him to flash his wheels. To go along with the steals, the Panthers pounded out 11 hits, three by Butler and two from Robert Garner.

Next week sees a break in the region schedule for Tiftarea. The only home game is Tuesday against Lanier County. They won’t play another region match until April 15 at home against Deerfield-Windsor.