By MICHAEL BOYLAN
Sports Editor

Before an enormous crowd and with the heat of the biggest rivalry in the county between them, the Fayette County Tigers and the McIntosh Chiefs baseball teams battled for first place in the sub-region on Friday. A win by the Chiefs could sneak them into first place, a position held by Fayette County since the first game of the season.

Lee Roberson (6-2) took the mound for the Tigers, pitching five innings, striking out eight McIntosh batters and walking two. Roberson gave up three hits and four earned runs while on the mound but he also chipped in with some offense, getting two hits and driving in four runs. The Tigers got a plethora of offense on Friday, including a three run homerun by Jeff Barnes and two hits a piece Brandon Croft and Brent Latham.

"They knew they had to win this game to win the sub-region," said Coach Robert Townsend of the Tigers determined performance. "They just went out and did what they had to do. Now, we just need to rest up and see who we face this weekend."

The Tigers will face the winner of the McIntosh/LaGrange series, which started on Monday, at Fayette County on Friday at 7 p.m. The second game of the series will be played at 4 p.m. on Saturday.If necessary a third game will be played at 7 p.m. .

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