Fyffe Strikes out 20 in loss

**Mr. Baseball** · 05-04-2007, 12:02 PM

John Smith of Harlan struck out 21 batters against Claiborne, TN in a 6-0 earlier this year. Why this did not get much attention I don't know. Fyffe is a much better pitcher than Smith but on that day Smith was nearly perfect.

Back in the late 1960's (1968?) a guy from Lafayette lost to Manual 2-1 and struck out 20. I think his name was Gary or Steve Tingle. I think. In 1989, DeSales played Valley in the 6th region baseball tournament and Damon Simpson of DeSales struck out 25 in a 12 inning marathon. That game in particular forced the KHSAA to change the pitching rules because the next night...Simpson came back to pitch against PRP and had nothing and it really hurt him physically. Fyffe is the best pitcher in the 15th region since Heath Castle in my opinion. Heath got better after high school as any good player does. Clay Salyer pitched at Hazard in the early 2000's and was very much dominating in the majority of his outings.