The Panthers had 11 hits in the game and took advantage of six Hawk errors. The miscues led to six unearned runs for the Panthers. Eric Heath, Robbie Shelton and David Miller had two hits each for the Panthers.

Shelton started the scoring in the first inning with a two-out solo home run to left field. It was Shelton's team-leading eighth home run of the season. The Hawks tied the game in their half of the first off starter Neal Smith (4-3).

The Panthers came back with three runs in the third inning and four more in the fourth inning to open up an 8-1 lead.

Luis Perez, Jason Aylesworth and Heath all had run-scoring singles in the third. In the fourth, Brent Kinsey drove in the first two runs of the inning with a double down the left field line. Two more runs scored on Perez's ground out and Aylesworth's sacrifice bunt.

Huntingdon cut into the Panthers' lead over the next four innings. The Hawks scored two in the fifth and two more in the sixth to make it 8-6.

The Panthers picked up two insurance runs in the seventh inning. Derek Hooper reached on a fielder's choice with the bases loaded to bring in the first run. Miller scored the second run as Kinsey reached on an error to make it 10-6.

Huntingdon scored a run in the eighth to make it 10-7. The Panthers got the run back in the ninth to go up 11-7. Miller led off the inning with a single. He moved up to second on an error and over to third on a wild pitch before scoring as Perez reached on a fielder's choice.

Smith pitched 5-2/3 innings to get the win. He scattered 10 hits, gave up six runs, walked two and struck out two. Jonathan Love got the final out of the sixth inning and pitched a scoreless seventh. James Connell closed the game, allowing a run in two innings.

The two teams conclude their series Sunday beginning at 1 p.m. CST.