PREP ROUNDUP: East Limestone sweeps Arab to advance to second round of playoffs
Apr. 25—CAPSHAW — East Limestone continued its strong baseball season on Friday, sweeping its first-round playoff series with Arab 2-0. The Indians defeated the Knights 4-0 in game one and 13-1 in game two.
In game one, pitcher Charlie Eslick was dominant on the mound, allowing just one hit and striking out 10 batters in seven innings. Landon Compton led at the plate with two hits and two RBIs, while Cade Parham had a hit and an RBI. In game two the Indians team were dominant late, scoring 12 runs in the final two innings.
Compton homered and finished with two hits and three RBIs and Parham had three hits. Brodie Coker added two hits and two RBIs and Alex Adkins had a hit and three RBIs. With the sweep, East Limestone moves to 23-8 on the season.
The Indians advance to the second round of the playoffs where they will host Lincoln. — Athens Bible 16. Lynn 4: Athens Bible raced past Lynn Friday in game three of the Trojans' first-round playoff series.
Ethan Barnes drove in three runs on five hits, while Chandler James had four hits, including a home run, and three RBIs. Jake Banta added three hits and two RBIs and Luke Murrell got the win on the mound, allowing two hits and four runs with 15 strikeouts. Athens Bible advances to the second round of the Class 1A playoffs where it will face the winner of Waterloo and Skyline.