By Marla Jones, Sports Editor

marla@southerntorch.com

FYFFE, Ala.—Fyffe finishes off Gaston in the third game of the Class 2A quarterfinal series , 23-6 to secure their spot in the semifinals of Class 2A State Baseball playoffs against Mars Hill Bible School.

In Game 1, The Gaston Bulldogs squeaked past the Fyffe Red Devils 2-1 to win the first game of the series.

Sophomore, Brant Rowell took the loss from the mound.  He pitched a complete game, allowing only six hits and two runs.

Ethan Jones put the only run on the board for the Red Devils.

In Game 2, Fyffe came back strong .  They quickly took the early lead and the ballgame was called in the fifth by the mercy rule.  The score was 19-0.

Pitchers, Will Mashburn and Seth Benefield shut out the Bulldogs in five innings.

From the plate, the Devils were on fire.  Jase Jones, showed up and showed out.  He had three hits at bat, one which was a home run and finished with eight RBI’s for the night.  Seth Benefield scored 2 runs and had 3 RBIs.

Game 3 of the series was played on Saturday at 1 p.m.  Gaston took an early lead at bat but by the bottom of the first, Fyffe started a scoring frenzy and never looked back.  Ethan Jones, Cyle Collins, Tyler Ashley and Dilan Kilpatrick all had 3 hits. Seth Benefield and Jase Jones led the Red Devils with 4 RBIs each.  Brady Carson, Tyler Ashley, Will Mashburn each added 3 RBIs.  Due to the mercy rule, the third game of the series was called in the fifth in Fyffe’s favor.  Fyffe 23, Gaston 6.

The 19-10 Fyffe Red Devils will take on Mars Hill Bible School (31-12) in the Class 2A State Baseball Semifinals starting at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 12 at Fyffe Baseball Field.  Game two will immediately follow.  In case of a series split, Game 3 will begin at 1 p.m. on Friday.

“Mars Hill has a really good team,” Head Coach Brad Thomas said.  “We will have to play sound fundamental baseball in all three phases of the game.”