Isiah Brooks pounded out four hits while Tyler Smith added three, and each produced two runs, but a close game early turned into a 13-4 Ferrum non-conference baseball victory over Mary Baldwin Tuesday.

Brooks scored the first run of the game in the top of the first after getting the first of four singles.  He also knocked in a sixth-inning run.  Smith, who had two doubles and also reached base when he was hit by a pitch, scored a pair of runs for MBU.  Jacob Barber contributed a single, double, run scored and an RBI.

Ferrum rallied from a 3-1 deficit with three runs in the second, then pulled away by scoring two runs in the fourth, two in the fifth, three in the seventh and two in the eighth.  The Panthers combined 16 hits in eight innings with seven walks and five MBU errors to secure the win.

The Fighting Squirrels return to action Friday with the first of a three-game series at Southern Virginia (3 p.m.).  The Knights and MBU then square off in a USA South doubleheader Saturday at noon.