Photo by Cheryl Boydston | Southern Torch
Marla Jones, Sports Editor
marla@southerntorch.com
FYFFE, Ala.-- The Fyffe Red Devils faced the Southeastern Mustangs in the first round of the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) Class 2A State Baseball Playoffs.
The Mustangs defeated the Red Devils 6-4 in the first game of the series, despite the Devils outhitting the Mustangs, eight to five.
The Mustangs pulled away in the second innings, scoring four runs.
The Red Devils tallied eight hits in the game. Trent Rowell, Cooper Cox, and Yahir Balcazar racked up multiple hits in the game. Balcazar scored a homerun in the sixth inning.
Aubrey Baker and Gus Fowler were the pitchers for the game. Baker went one and one-third inning, allowing five runs on two hits and striking out two. Fowler threw for four and one-third innings in relief.
In the second game of the series, the Red Devils defeated the Mustangs, 11-3.
Jake Wooden drove in six on two hits. He drove in runs on a triple in the third and homerun in the sixth.
In the third, Wooden tripled on his first at-bat, scoring three runs. The Red Devils pulled away from the Mustangs in the fourth on a solo homer by Blake Dobbins and a scored run on a stolen base.
In the sixth inning, Jake Wooden scored runs on an RBI home run.
Dobbins took the win from the mound, for the Red Devils, pitching seven innings, allowing two hits and three runs, and striking out 12.
The Red Devils had eight hits. Wooden and Will Arnold had multiple hits in the game. Blake Dobbins and Jake Wooden had a home run for the game.
In the third game of the series, the Southeastern Mustangs defeated the Fyffe Red Devils, 19-18 to advance to the second round of the AHSAA State Baseball Playoffs.
The Fyffe Red Devils lost despite outhitting the Mustangs 14 to 10.
The Fyffe offense led by Cooper Cox, Jake Wooden, Levi O’Connor, Bentley Coffey, and Aubrey Baker helped the Fyffe Red Devils score seven runs in the sixth inning.
The Mustangs trailed 18-17 in the top of the seventh inning, when Adam Kenyon singled on the first pitch at bat, scoring two runs, to claim the 19-18 victory.
Tucker Wilks started the game pitching. He went one and two-third innings, allowing five runs on one hit and striking out two.
