MOULTRIE — The Colquitt County and Thomas County Central baseball teams played a state playoff tuneup game on Monday in Thomasville, but only the Yellow Jackets will take some momentum into the postseason.

The Yellow Jackets scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth to break open a close game and take a 8-2 victory over the Packers.

Thomas County Central, which finished second in Region 1-AAAA, will take a 19-7 record into its state playoff series against Forest Park, which opens on Friday.

The Packers, who lost to Thomas County Central for the third time this season, will be 12-14 when they travel to meet Newnan in the first round of the Class AAAAA playoffs.

Colquitt lost to the Jackets 10-6 and 17-10 in two previous meetings this season, both at Ike Aultman Field at Packer Park.

Colquitt jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Clay Hartley singled, went to third on a single by Andrew Wallace and scored on a throwing error.

The Yellow Jackets tied the game in the bottom of the inning, but the Packers went up again in the top of the third on three straight singles by Wallace, Matt Weaver and Carter Jones.

But that was all of the scoring for the Packers. Central scored two runs in the bottom of the third to take a 3-2 lead, added another in the bottom of fifth, then broke the game open in the bottom of the sixth.

The first six Yellow Jackets reached base in the sixth and Central went on to score four runs and put the game away.

Wallace led the Packers, going 2-for-2 with a pair of walks. Weaver, Jones, Hartley, Spenser Richardson, Javaris Jackson and Tyler Perryman had the other Colquitt County hits.

Jackson’s fourth-inning triple was the Packers only extra base hit.

Sophomore left-hander John Michael Harrison started on the mound and worked the first two innings, giving up one run.

Corey Hancock pitched the third. Andrew McDowell worked the fourth and fifth innings.

Patrick Taylor and Tyler Perryman were on the mound in the sixth.