From

staff reports

MINDEN, La. &045; Sometimes there are games coaches would rather just forget, and for Huntington head coach Mitch Ashmore, this was one of those games.

The Hounds used six pitchers in an 18-4 loss to Glenbrook Thursday night that went only five innings because of the 10-run rule. The game, the second in the South State Championship Series, tied the best-of-three series at 1-1. The final game will be at 7 p.m. tonight at Huntington.

&uot;We were beat 30 minutes after the game started,&uot; Ashmore said. &uot;I told the guys as soon as I call this game in, I’m going to tear this page out of the book and burn it. We’ll just pretend this didn’t happen and play tomorrow.&uot;

Glenbrook scored two runs in the first, neither of them earned, including a play in which Huntington catcher Ples Arthur couldn’t find the ball after a passed ball and a Glenbrook runner scored from second.

Huntington didn’t score until the Hounds were already trailing 8-0 in the fourth. Huntington scored one in the fourth and three in the fifth but couldn’t prevent a premature end to the game

&uot;We just didn’t show up, it’s that simple,&uot; Ashmore said. &uot;We were here with our uniforms on, but we didn’t show up.&uot;

Huntington starting pitcher Jacob Bonnette struggled with his control and was pulled in the third inning.

&uot;We didn’t pitch very well at all,&uot; Ashmore said. &uot;When Bonnette got in a bind, all of the sudden it was 6-0. He wasn’t even close with some of his pitches, so we went and used five more pitchers. I just left them all in the game. We just had to use as many as we could to get through and be ready for tomorrow.&uot;

The upshot for the Hounds is that Bonnette didn’t throw too many pitches and Trey Brasher, who started the first game of the series, is also available for tonight.

&uot;For Jacob that might as well have been some throwing on the side,&uot; Ashmore said. &uot;Trey will have three full days of rest, so I don’t feel we’re in bad shape for tomorrow.&uot;