By Brad Greer

In nine years as head coach of the South Panola baseball team, Patrick Robey had not seen anything like what transpired as his Tigers traveled to Grenada Tuesday night.

“I have never seen anything like it,“ said Robey after the Tigers pounded out 23 hits en route to a 16-6 victory over the Chargers.

“Everything we hit was right on the nose. I don’t know if the stars were lined up just right or what, but the hits we had seemed to find a hole somewhere. I told the kids after the game don’t get use to games like this because it does not come around very often,” said Robey.

After a scoreless first three innings, South Panola (2-1) erupted for 10 runs in the top of the fourth inning off Grenada starting pitcher Garth Huddleston. The Chargers (2-1) answered back with six runs in the bottom half of the inning to close the gap to 10-6. South Panola put the contest away with a six-run sixth inning as Blake Darby two-out, two-run homerun was the big blow in the frame.

Mitchel Babb and Andrew Horne led South Panola at the plate and on the mound as both had four hits each.

Babb, (1-1) picked up the pitching victory by working four innings, striking out five while allowing two hits and walking one batter. Horne also give up two runs and fanned one in two innings. Babb had three singles and a double while Horne added a triple and three singles.

Other top hitters were: Chris Townsend with two doubles; Lee Self double and single; Bobby Epps and Tays Hardy, two singles and a double each; Darby with a home run, double  and single. John Wesley Willis chipped in with two singles.

South Panola travels to Olive Branch tonight at 5 and  7 p.m. before returning home Saturday to face Independence starting at 11 a.m. with the junior varsity followed by the varsity at 1 p.m. The Tigers will then square off against Hernando at 6 p.m.