Heartbreaker: Paladins Fall to 5A Flowery Branch at Home

The Fellowship Christian School JV boys baseball team rallied from a 5-1 deficit to within a run but could not pull out the victory.

Fellowship scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth and one in the bottom of the sixth to pull within 5-4 but wound up losing by that count.

The Paladins scored one run in the second and hung onto a 1-0 advantage through four innings.

Flowery Branch scored five runs in the top of the fifth to take the lead.

Sophomore Jack Oetinger led Fellowship with two hits. Freshman Jack Hughes, sophomore Clayton Stock and junior Walker Price all recorded one hit.

Eighth-grader Jake Brannon, Price and Stock all notched one RBI.

Sophomore Lawson Ivey started and pitched four-plus innings. He struck out three and allowed four hits and two runs.

Freshman Jack Dart relieved Ivey and took the loss. He allowed three hits, three walks and three runs, and stuck out three.

The Paladins have lost three straight contests. The team is now 3-7-1 overall.

(Photos by Milo Falcon)