A three-run fifth inning helped the South Whidbey High School baseball team to a 6-5 win over visiting King’s Friday, March 29, in the rubber match of the three-game series.

The Falcons also won the first game of the series and took the set 2-1 to push their conference record to 5-1 (8-1 overall). King’s is 1-2 (2-6).

South Whidbey now takes on winless Sultan (0-3, 0-8) in three 4 p.m. games this week. The first and third, Monday, Apri1 1, and Friday, April 5, are in Langley. The middle game will be played in Sultan Wednesday.

South Whidbey 6, King’s 5

The Falcons scooted to a 2-0 lead in the first inning behind singles by Drew Fry, Kody Newman and Brent Batchelor.

King’s battled back to take a 4-2 lead heading into the bottom of the fourth when the Falcons scored once. Alex Black singled, moved to second on an error, stole third and scored on Fry’s sacrifice fly to center field.

Then South Whidbey took the lead for good with the three-run fifth. Singles by Batchelor and Nick Young, walks to Nick Black and Luke Rookstool and a hit batter, Ethan Petty, produced the rally.

The Knights scored once in the sixth but went down in the order in the seventh. Petty, who pitched the final three innings, fanned the last two King’s hitters and finished with four strikeouts.

Batchelor tossed the first four innings and had six strikeouts.

Alex Black, Batchelor and Young all had two hits in the game; Fry and Newman rapped one each.