FERRIDAY, La. &045; Have pity on anyone who left before the fourth inning of Huntington’s win over Glenbrook.

You don’t know what you missed.

After a scoreless first three innings, Glenbrook jumped out to a 4-0 lead, spurring the Hounds to respond. And respond they did, storming back to take a 13-4 victory in the first game of the best-of-three Class A South State championship series.

Game 2 will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Glenbrook in Minden, La.

Things could have gone very differently for the Hounds. In the second inning, Glenbrook loaded the bases with no outs on two walks and an error, forcing Trey Brasher to strike out the next three batters to escape the inning.

&uot;His last couple times it seems like he’s been in jams and gotten out of them without giving up runs,&uot; Huntington head coach Mitch Ashmore said of Brasher. &uot;He threw well. He just seemed to get the job done.&uot;

In the fourth Glenbrook did take advantage of some more Huntington miscues. Andrew McCormick led off with a single and reached second on a throwing error. Heath Sexton was hit by a pitch. Ryan Kelly doubled to score McCormick and Hunter Boggs loaded the bases when he was hit by a pitch.

Lane Tindall’s single scored Sexton and Kelly and Boggs both came home when Andy Pendergrass reached on an error.

&uot;I was disappointed that we hit three people and had three walks (in the game),&uot; Ashmore said. &uot;After (the fourth) inning, I told them, ‘We’ve worked this hard to get to this point and then we go out and play like that.&uot;

But that deficit may have been just the kickstart the Hounds offense needed.

&uot;We knew we had to put some on the board or they were fixing to put it on us,&uot; Huntington’s Trey Keith said.

In their half of the fourth, the first four Hounds walked, sending Ples Arthur home for Huntington’s first run and sending Glenbrook’s starting pitcher Brandon Flornoy packing. Pendergrass came in but fared little better. Huntington’s Mike Ferguson singled home Keith, and Richard Steel knocked in Huston Eliser and Austin Butler to tie it up at 4-4.

&uot;To be honest, I haven’t seen us play like this in a long time. We’ve been capitalizing on other’s people’s errors and that’s what we did when we scored runs,&uot; Glenbrook head coach Heath Harville said. &uot;But that’s what they did to us, too. You can’t have that many errors and mental mistakes against a quality ball club and expect to win.&uot;

But the Hounds weren’t done. Chad Thomas popped a bunt over the third baseman to load things up again and Trey Corbett walked to score Ferguson. Ples Arthur reached on a fielder’s choice when Steel was forced out at home, bringing Keith to the plate for the second time in the inning.

Keith belted a shot to right center field for a double that cleared the bases and put the Hounds up 8-4.

&uot;Keith’s hit was tremendous for us. It really busted things open, but that’s what you expect from seniors and guys who have been around the program for a long time,&uot; Ashmore said.

Harville was understandably less enthusiastic about the inning.

&uot;I don’t think you can print what went through my head when I see them score eight runs,&uot; Harville said. &uot;But that’s the same thing we’ve been doing to other teams. If we had hit like we’re capable of we could have still come back. We just didn’t take advantage of the opportunities they gave us and they did. That’s what good teams do. We failed on offense and defense tonight.&uot;

Neither of Glenbrook’s pitchers could find the strike zone with consistency in the game.

&uot;They aren’t the kind of pitcher that’s going to overpower you, but usually they do a pretty good job locating and making their pitches,&uot; Harville said. &uot;I don’t know the reason for it. It’s just the same thing &045; we didn’t take advantage of opportunities.&uot;

Huntington poured on more runs in the fifth. Butler and Ferguson had consecutive singles to open the inning and Bonnette reached on an error to bring Butler home. Thomas knocked in Ferguson and Bonnette to make the score 11-4.

In the sixth, Eliser was hit by a pitch and moved to second on Butler’s sacrifice bunt. Eliser scored when Ferguson reached on an error.