In one of the most famous TV advertisements of all time, in the 1980s, Wendy’s asked the question, “Where’s the beef?”

Perhaps the best question to ask following Starr’s Mill’s 20-10 six-inning victory Wednesday over host McIntosh in a Region 2-AAAA game was, “Where was the pitching?”

Starr’s Mill and McIntosh played as though they were hitting off a tee, combining for 25 hits — Starr’s Mill had 15, McIntosh 10 — in a game that didn’t even last a full seven innings due to the mercy rule.

At least two runs were scored in every inning but the fourth, in which none were scored.

Jeff Stock led Starr’s Mill’s hit parade, going 4-for-5 with four RBI. One was one of four Panthers who had a multiple-hit game; Drew Johnson, Tyler Claburn and Ed Cook, all of whom went 2-for-4, were the others in a victory, Starr’s Mill’s second straight, that ended McIntosh’s four-game winning streak.

“This is the first time all year we’ve looked like a pretty good offensive team,” Starr’s Mill coach Brent Moseley said. “We finally hit like I thought we could hit. We haven’t had a lot of confidence at the plate. We’ve been working hard at it."

Starr’s Mill’s hard work obviously paid off.

By the end of the first inning, Starr’s Mill had a 2-0 lead, with a run each coming on sacrifice bunt by Myles Jaye and a single to right field by Stock.

McIntosh answered in the bottom half of the inning with a three-run homer by Jake Tanis and a two-run single by David Pauley to grab a 5-2 lead.

A four-run second helped Starr’s Mill regain the lead, 6-5.

After Jaye hit a sacrifice fly, Cook delivered the biggest hit of the inning, a first-pitch three-run homer.

Two Starr’s Mill miscues in the bottom half of the inning — a throwing error and a balk — put McIntosh back in front 7-6.

Starr’s Mill responded with a six-run third to go ahead 12-7. Half those runs came on two hits, back-to-back two-out singles by Stock, whose hit drove in two runs, and Kevin Koziol.

Starr's Mill's ninth run, which came when Jaye was hit with the bases load by a pitch from Rich, ended the night for the battered McIntosh ace. Rich gave up nine runs, six hits, five walks and one hit batsman in two-plus innings.

In the bottom half of the inning, Rich hit a two-run single and Tanis hit an RBI single to make it a two-run game, 12-10.

Starr’s Mill blew the game open in the fifth, scoring six runs to take its then-largest lead of the game, 18-10.

Johnson had two RBI, and Stock, Cook, Ken Jackson and Adam Potter each had one in Starr’s Mill’s most productive inning of the night.

Back-to-back RBI singles by Claburn and Jackson in the sixth gave Starr’s Mill a double-digit lead, 20-10.

Johnson pitched a scoreless seventh to secure the victory for the Panthers. The left-hander struck out four and allowed no runs, one hit and three walks in the final two innings.

Cook took the victory, striking out five and surrendering five runs, four hits and four walks in four innings.