For North Hall, the baseball playoffs started just about as well as could be expected Friday.

Six home runs in one game.

The Trojans (26-6) also had two seven-run innings, one in each game against Long County to amount to a doubleheader sweep with 10-0 and 18-2 wins in the of the best-of-three, first-round series in Gainesville.

That’s, indeed, a good day at the ballpark.

The only low point for the Trojans was when it trailed 2-1 after two innings in the nightcap.

However, North Hall rallied rapidly, going for 17 runs over the next four innings.

“I think we got out of our plan a little second game,” North Hall coach Trevor Flow said. “Once we got a little gutcheck there, we got back into it, we started hunting pitches we could do damage with and they did. They’ve done that all year.”

With the wins, the Trojans advance to face the winner of No. 8 Whitewater in another best-of-three series, starting with a doubleheader Thursday in Fayetteville.

In Game 1, North Hall plated seven runs in the first inning, thanks to five doubles from the top portion of the order.

Indiana signee Branson Crawford started in with a leadoff double, then chipped in a two-run double with two outs later in the same inning.

Between Crawford’s two big hits, Ty Kemp, Custis Honeycutt and Smith McGarvey each had run-scoring doubles.

“When you’re backing up double after double after double with hard contact, that plays a lot in the pitcher’s head.” Flow said. “I was really proud of our approaches early.”

That was ample run support for superb left-handed pitcher Kaleb Sexton, who allowed just an infield single.

He threw five stong innings, racking up eight strikeouts.

Then in the nightcap, it was all about the home runs for the Trojans: all six in for one game the two-game series.

Trailing 2-1 in the third inning, Jake Beard had a two-run homer, then catcher Kenny Foudy provided a three-run blast over the right field wall.

Then in the fourth inning, Beard hit a three-run bomb.

In the fifth inning, sophomore Brayden Allen had a solo shot for the Trojans.

In the sixth inning, Honeycutt also had a solo homer.

Then, the icing on the cake came with a grand slam by Crawford, who was hitting the ball hard all night.

He finished the game driving in six runs.

In Game 2, Crawford also threw the first four innings, allowing three hits and a pair of runs with five strikeouts.

Long County's season ended at 14-12.