The Pearl Pirates managed to escape Moyer Field with a 5-4 victory over the Brookhaven Panthers Tuesday night in Region 6-5A baseball action.

“Too many times this year, we’ve had that one bad inning,” said BHS coach Randy Springs. “If we can overcome that, we will get turned around. But our inability to make a couple of plays and execute a bunt in the sixth inning killed us. Hopefully, we can work through it and get it going.”

The Panthers (8-9, 4-1) will be in action today. They invade Pearl for a rematch against the Pearl Pirates. Junior varsity action begins at 5 p.m., followed by the varsity at 7.

Pearl 5, Brookhaven 4

Zack Carter (4K, 2BB) was the winning pitcher for Pearl. Zack Prince (0K, 0BB) and Alex Hutton (1K, 1BB) pitched in relief to get the save.

Andrew Culver went the distance but suffered the setback for the Panthers with five strikeouts and two walks.

Houston Case was the offensive leader for Ole Brook with a double and two singles. Zach Smith contributed two singles. Landon McCullough ripped a double. Hitting safely were Peyton Clark and Culver.

Carter paced the Pirates’ offense with two doubles. Paxton Bounds provided a triple and a single. Dalton Sullivan hit a double. Phalon Smith, Parker Thurman and Prince hit safely.