WINNSBORO – Fairfield Central’s baseball and softball teams traveled to Eau Claire on Tuesday, April 1 – but they were no April Fools.
The Griffin softball team made quick work of the Shamrocks. Despite a scoreless first inning, Fairfield Central put up 13 in the second inning and five in the third to end the game in the third inning via mercy rule with a 18-0 final.
The Griffins got on the board in the top of the second after Remeny Cook and Ashlynn Pinkney drew walks that each scored a run. Zariah Anderson had a two-RBI single. Alexis Montgomery followed with an RBI single. Layla McMillan stole home. Niyah Morgan and Aaliyah Lyles each drew a walk to score runs. Pinkney singled to score two runs. Anderson and Montgomery were both hit by a pitch, which scored runs.
The Griffins put the game to bed in the top of the third with five more runs on two hits. Pinkney had an inside-the-park home run in the third that scored three. McMillan drew a walk to score one, and a wild pitch scored the final run.
Pinkney, Lyles and Anderson combined for four of the team’s six hits in the win.
McMillan picked up the win in the circle.
Over on the other diamond, the Griffin baseball team had a monster first inning to go up 12-0 over the Shamrocks.
They added two more in the third to go up 14-1, and held on until the end of the fifth inning when the game ended via mercy rule.
Caden Brown led the way for the Griffins at the plate. He went 1-3 on the day with three RBIs. Graeme Douglas, K Jones, Brown, Greg Ginyard, Trey Wilcox, Erdreus Walker and E Douglas each had one hit.
The Griffins drew 11 walks and stole nine bases in the game.
Jones picked up the win on the mound.
The win puts the Griffins at 6-5 on the season. Last week they downed Columbia in a double-header 10-0 and 12-2.
Both Griffin teams are back in action Thursday against Eau Claire in Winnsboro. Baseball is set for a 6:30 p.m. start; softball will start at 5:30.
SOFTBALL
FC – 0-13-5-X-X-X-X – 18, 6, 0
EC – 0-0-0-X-X-X-X – 0, 0, 2
WP: McMillan 3.0IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 7K.
FC: A Montgomery 1-3. N Morgan 1-1. A Pinkney 2-2, HR, 4 RBI. Z Anderson 2-2, 2B, RBI.
BASEBALL
FC – 12-0-2-0-0-X-X – 14, 7, 1
EC – 1-0-0-0-0-X-X – 1, 7, 6
WP: L Jones 5IP, 7H, 1R, 0ER, 2BB, 4K
FC: K Diggs RBI. E Douglas 1-4, RBI. G Douglas 1-2, RBI. K Jones 1-2, RBI. T Wilcox 1-2, RBI. G Ginyard 1-1. C Brown 1-3, 3 RBI. D Walker 1-2, 2 RBI.
