The Dover Pirates defeated the Heber Springs Panthers 13-3 on Tuesday at J.P. Lovelady Park.

After a 1-1 tie in the first inning, the Pirates went up 2-1 at the end of the second. Dover scored four runs in the fourth inning and sixth in the fifth as they raced to victory.

The Pirates wracked up 14 hits and only committed one error.

With the game tied at three runs each in the bottom of the fourth, Dawson Branch singled on a 1-2 count to give Dover the go-ahead run.

The Pirates' six-run fifth inning came off the bats of Brock Payne, Kaleb Williams, Jeremy Robinson and Jayce Sharp.

Branch was the winning pitcher. He gave up three runs on three hits across five innings. Branch struck out seven and walked one.

Dover batting

Lineup AB R H RBI BB SO

Brock Payne 4 1 2 3 0 2

Josh Besterfeldt 3 2 0 0 1 1

Dawson Branch 3 2 2 1 1 1

Kaleb Williams 4 1 2 2 0 1

Lance Millsaps 3 2 3 0 1 0

Jeremy Robinson 4 1 1 1 0 0

Jayce Sharp 3 1 2 2 1 1

Cole Reddell 2 0 0 0 0 0

Jonathon Greathouse 3 2 2 0 0 0

Remington Housley 0 1 0 0 0 0

Brantley Craig - - - - - -

Totals 29 13 14 9 4 6