The Fayette Tigers Baseball team won against the Piedmont Bulldogs in second round of playoffs. The Tigers won the series 2-0 on Thursday, April 25. They will move on the to the third round of the state playoffs on Wednesday, May 1.
The Hubbertville Lions defeated the Berry Wildcats by 11-3 on Monday, April 1. Ceth Hollingsworth earned the win for the Lions.
The Tigers won big over the Pirates 12-2 on Thursday, April 4 during game one of a doubleheader at Fayette.
The Fayette Tigers and Hubbertville Lions each had mixed results in baseball last week before heading into spring break. Fayette started its week last Monday with a 6-3 loss to American Christian Academy. Cooper Sanford started the game at pitcher for Fayette and suffered the loss, allowing seven hits and four runs in five and two-thirds innings of work.
The Fayette Tigers had a near-perfect week in baseball, registering two dominating wins.
On Monday, March 4, the Tigers defeated the Lamar County Bulldogs by the score of 17-3. Parker Lindsey was the starting and winning pitcher for Fayettte. Brantley Stocks led a hitting barrage for the Tigers, collecting four hits in five at-bats.
The Fayette Tigers’ baseball team won its first three games of the week before falling to the Northside Rams on Saturday. On Tuesday, Feb. 27, the Tigers defeated Lamar County 12-2.
Tucker Scott started the game on the mound for Fayette, allowing only six hits and two runs in six innings of work while striking out seven opposing batters and walking two.
The Fayette Tigers opened its 2024 baseball season at home on Feb. 15 against the historically strong Bibb County Choctaws, losing by the score of 9-0. Landon Lowe started the game at pitcher for the Tigers, allowing three walks, two hits and three runs to Bibb County in the first inning.
All three county high school baseball teams made the Alabama High School Baseball Playoffs this year as area runner-ups, but all three teams had to travel for the first round of the playoffs and saw their seasons come to an abrupt end. Fayette traveled to play Lauderdale County and lost the first game by the score of 4-2.
Fayette swept its area opponent Carbon Hill last week to finish as the runner-up in the area to Gordo. The Tigers won the first game by the score of 11-0, as Harrison Unger pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only two hits while striking out 10 batters and walking none.
Fayette faced rival Winfield last week in a crucial three-game area series that could determine if either team would make the playoffs. Fayette began the series at home on Tuesday, losing to the Pirates by the score of 5-1.
