By Marla Jones, Sports Editor

marla@southerntorch.com

FALKVILLE, Ala.—In the first round of the Class 2A State playoffs, Fyffe defeated Falkville 15-5 and 10-0 in back-to-back games.

Fyffe (15-7) defeated the Falkville Blue Devils 15-5 by a mercy rule in the first matchup.  Brant Rowell earned the win from the mound for Fyffe. He struck out six and only allowed two runs in six innings.

At bat, Dilan Kilpatrick led the Fyffe Red Devils with three hits, two were three-run homers, and six RBIs.  Ethan Jones, Jase Jones and Seth Benefield finished the night with doubles.

The score was 2-1 in the first inning but Fyffe quickly started a scoring frenzy in the third, scoring six. During the fifth inning of the game, Falkville scored four runs but Fyffe quickly answered back forcing the mercy rule in the sixth.

“We played really clean baseball except for the fifth inning of the first game.” said Fyffe Head Coach Brad Thomas. “I thought we swung the bats pretty good also.”

In the second game, Will Mashburn shut out the Blue Devils from the mound.  He pitched for five innings and struck out five.

At bat, Ethan Jones had a triple and two RBIs and Brady Carson had three RBIs.

Fyffe will travel to Section on Friday at 5:30 pm for the second round of the playoffs.  In previous matchups, Fyffe has split the series with Section 1-1.