Smurfs and Red Robbers Advance In FCKLL Playoffs

by Erika Toman

In the FCKLL Majors Division, the Smurfs were victorious over the Greyhounds with a score of 9-3 in the first round of the playoffs. The Smurfs pulled away for good in the fifth inning with several hits, including key doubles by Drew Fay and Cole Beck. The Smurfs tallied 13 hits in the game with Fay, Beck, Liam Horgan and James Owen recording multiple.

On the mound for the Smurfs, Horgan surrendered only two runs while striking out five. Pitching in relief, Fay notched three strikeouts in an inning of work.

The Greyhounds tallied seven hits on the night being led by Harrison Carmody, Davis Nicholas and Henry Upton. Kellan McCormack and Carmody split pitching duties, each going three innings and striking out seven batters.

the Red Robbers advancing in the playoffs