Caleb Suggs

Hartselle Enquirer

The Falkville Lady Blue Devils were in action last week when they took on Cold Springs and Fairview. The Blue Devils defeated Cold Springs but fell to Fairview.

In the first game, Falkville outhit Cold Springs 13-8 en route to a tight 6-4 win. Bailey Anders would score in the first inning on a fielder’s choice to go up 1-0. Autumn Eddy would knock in a double to drive in Makenzie Smith and Maddie White and give the Blue Devils a 3-0 lead at the end of the first inning.

Falkville would tack on to that in the second inning when White hit a double of her own to drive in Smith once again and give Falkville a 4-0 lead.

Cold Springs would attempt to make a rally by scoring one run each in the fourth and fifth inning and then two runs in the sixth.

Falkville would surge back ahead when White singled to drive in Smith one more time in the sixth and when Sydnee Fitzgerald singled to drive in Brooklyn Melson in the seventh.  White was the game’s winning pitcher as she pitched 24 first pitch strikes and 9 strikeouts. White, along with Makenzie Smith led the team in hits with 3 and 4 respectively. White also had 3 RBIs.

In the second game, Falkville would fall behind early to Fairview and not be able to rally. Fairview would score 6 runs in the first inning to take a quick 6-0 lead. Falkville would attempt to make the scoreboard when Anders, Smith and White all singled to drive in Kameryn Scales, Katelyn Widner, Audriana Wilbanks and Anders and cut the score to 6-4.

However, Fairview would score 8 more runs in the second inning to improve the lead and go on to take the win 14-4. White led the Blue Devils with 2 hits and 2 RBIs.