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Gainesville baseball splits first-round playoffs doubleheader with Dalton

Deciding Game 3 is noon Saturday at Ivey-Watson

Gainesville's Dalton Kyle (5) fouls off a pitch during Gainesville's first game against Dalton in the first round series of Class 6A baseball tournament at Ivey Watson Field in Gainesville. - photo by Erin O. Smith

0429BASEBALL 0001 — Gainesville's Dalton Kyle (5) fouls off a pitch during Gainesville's first game against Dalton in the first round series of Class 6A baseball tournament at Ivey Watson Field in Gainesville. - photo by Erin O. Smith

There’s a little more baseball left in Gainesville’s first-round series of the Class 6A state playoffs at Ivey-Watson Field. Facing a must-win situation in the second game of Friday’s doubleheader against Dalton, Red Elephants catcher Jared Smith had three extra-base hits and Kyle York was strong for five innings on the mound as they won 9-2. Gainesville dropped the opener, 10-3.

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