DEMOREST, Ga. - A 10-run ninth inning highlighted LaGrange's 16-5 win over Piedmont at Loudermilk Field on Saturday.

The Panthers' first win of 2015 also evened the USA South series with the Lions (4-1, 4-1 USA South). The two teams wrap up the three-game series Sunday.

The Panthers (1-2, 1-1 USA South) banged out 14 hits Saturday. Sophomore Ty Edwards had five hits, including two doubles, scored twice and drove in four runs.

Cain Sauls had three singles, scored two runs and had two RBIs. Casey Bell and Chad Pigg each had two hits. 

Zach Tatham started and went six innings. He allowed four runs on five hits. Tyler Brooks (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings to get the win. 

The Panthers put four runs on the board in the third to take an early lead. They loaded the bases with no outs, then Bell and Sauls had back-to-back run scoring singles.

Alec Redden's sacrifice fly drove in the third run and Bell later scored on a wild pitch to make it 4-0.

Piedmont came back with two runs in their half of the third and two more in the sixth to tie the game 4-4.

In the eighth, Edwards put the Panthers back on top. Pigg opened the inning with a walk and one out later Jackson Patrick walked. Both runners moved up as Jim Reed grounded out. Edwards followed with a clutch two-run double to make it 6-4.

The Panthers broke the game open in the ninth inning with their biggest inning since the 2010 season. They sent 14 batters to the plate and needed only five hits, taking advantage of an error, three walks and a hit batsman.

Keith Sims drove in the first two runs with a bases-loaded single. Edwards added a two-run single and Chris Laye cleared the bases with a triple for three more runs. Pigg finished the inning with an RBI base hit.