MILLEDGEVILLE Newman pitcher Quincy Coomes left foot kept disappearing into a hole.

The juniors landing foot was swallowed up by a large divot on the mound at Millwheel Park in a game against host Milledgeville. The score was tight, and with the gusting wind, the right-hander couldnt quite focus.

Its always tough to pitch when the game is close, Coomes said, and that mound is especially tough to pitch from, too.

Luckily for Coomes, the Comets bats were able to take one thing off his mind, as an offensive explosion in the fifth inning helped propel them to a 10-1 win over the Missles on Wednesday afternoon.

After struggling to generate offense in the early portion of the season, the Comets bats came to life. They got production from everywhere in the lineup, and it was the bottom of the order that sparked an eight-run fifth inning that broke a 1-1 tie since the first inning.

Nine-hole hitter A.J. Sharp roped a single to lead off the inning. The next two batters reached, and all of a sudden, Newman had the bases loaded with no outs and the heart of the order coming to bat.

Its always good when the bottom of the order can come through, Comets leadoff hitter Dillan Heffelfinger said. When everyone is rolling, it gets contagious.

Newman was happy to catch the bug, as it sent 12 batters to the plate in the top half of the fifth. Twice the Comets loaded the bases, and they produced runs each time. Alex Buhler singled home the first two runs of the inning to break the 1-1 tie.

The Comets (3-4) kept at it, and a Trevor Bolin walk was sandwiched between two outs to keep the inning alive, before Heffelfinger singled home two more with the bases loaded.

This was a good one for us, Comets coach Tom Wilson said. We just needed to start hitting the baseball more consistently.

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Big inning sends Newman past Missiles