Fayetteville went to extra innings to hand Rogers Heritage its first defeat of the season.

Fayetteville scored an unearned run in the bottom of the 12th inning to defeat Heritage 8-7 in 6A-West Conference baseball action Tuesday at Bulldog Stadium. Fayetteville earned the victory after losing Monday to Heritage (21-1, 11-1), which extended its winning streak to 21 consecutive with a 7-2 victory at War Eagle Stadium.

Fayetteville (19-4, 8-4) won the game despite being outhit 13-8 by Heritage. The Bulldogs also made four of the game's five errors. Heritage reliever Dillon Askew and Fayetteville relievers Blake Pennington and Charlie Garton took turns putting up zeros on the scoreboard until Fayetteville managed the unearned run against Braxton Graber.

"Obviously, the bullpen was huge for us," Fayetteville Coach Scott Gallagher said.

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