Hondo Anvil Herald

Fayetteville squeaks past Cowboys in area playoff

 

     Kenedy -- The D’Hanis Cowboys were on the receiving end of a three-hit shutout last Thursday, May 7, as the Fayetteville Lions won the single-game 1A area baseball playoff, 2-0.

     The Cowboys’ season ends at 12-3, while Fayetteville (8-5) continues on to the regional semifinals. The Lions’ next opponent is Knippa (7-11), which D’Hanis defeated three times in district this season, twice by 15+ runs.

Knippa is coming off a two-game series sweep of Moulton.

     The teams will play a series at Long Creek High School in  New Braunfels. A doubleheader is scheduled for today (Thursday) at 5 p.m. A third game, if needed, would be played Friday at 7 p.m.

     Fayetteville scored a run in the second without benefit of a hit, then added its insurance run in the top of the seventh, with a leadoff double, followed by an RBI single.

Kase Braden had two of the Cowboys’ three hits, singles in the second and sixth innings. Easton King had the other. a two-out single in the third.

     King and Ethan Mutz combined to allow only three hits to the Lions as well.