No reveling followed this one — of course, it wasn’t that type of win.

Free State High’s baseball team rallied for an 11-10 victory Friday night against Shawnee Mission East at FSHS Field, overcoming four errors and 11 hits by the Lancers.

So when FSHS senior Matt Lane rapped a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning, scoring freshman Robby Price, it begged the question: revel or relief?

“It’s definitely a relief,” Lane said. “We didn’t play how we are capable of playing and Shawnee Mission East played great. We got lucky.”

Lucky, maybe, but it seems the Firebirds (12-0) have excelled at making their own luck this season.

FSHS, Class 6A’s No. 1 team and ranked sixth in the Midwest region by USA Today, posted four runs in the third inning, taking a 5-3 lead. When the Lancers (2-7) scored five in the fifth, Free State came back with four runs in the bottom half of the inning for a 9-8 advantage.

Both big innings were keyed by Firebirds reaching base early and often. In the third, four of the first five batters walked or singled, then scored.

In the fifth, the first four Firebirds walked or singled and all four scored. Yet the big innings didn’t solve everything.

Take the fifth. East’s Brett Harrop reached on an error, then advanced on a wild pitch. Two batters later, pitcher Todd Lynch was hit by a pitch, and the Lancers followed that with a single and a walk. When Alex Hernandez knocked a bases-loaded double into left field, that was one of the few times the Lancers produced runs by themselves.

“With the exception of the double, it was our miscues that led to their runs,” FSHS coach Mike Hill said. “We give up a run via an error and we have a chance to turn a double play and don’t do that. Everybody has a night like this, but usually you get beat.

“You probably should get beat.”

FSHS senior David Allen had a more direct response.

“It wasn’t typical of the way we’ve played all year,” he said. “Things didn’t go well for us until the last inning.”

East scored one run in the top of the seventh, taking a 10-9 lead, but Free State responded quickly.

Allen and Price opened the seventh with singles, but the Firebirds caught a break two batters later. Junior Ryne Price hit a bouncer up the middle, which pitcher Josh Crain fielded and started to throw to third to get Allen, but hesitated, then spun and threw to second.

“I probably should’ve been gunned,” Allen said. “But I’m not even sure what happened on that.”

Crain’s throw was off the bag, and FSHS had the bases loaded with one out. Senior Chris Coleman drew a walk, and two batters later Lane singled in the winning run.

Sophomore Jake Hoover, who pitched in relief of senior Blake Dickson, was solid in two innings and picked up his second win of the year.

The Firebirds, off to their best start in school history, got lucky, but Hill said his team can’t rely on that. After all, you can’t be lucky all the time.

“Sometimes, you have to lose a game to learn that lesson,” Hill said. “The challenge is, can they win and still derive that lesson?”

Free State 11, Shawnee Mission East 10

SM East 111 050 1 — 10 11 3

Free State 104 040 2 — 11 13 4

W–Jake Hoover. L–Josh Crain.

SME: Clay Miller (4); Todd Lynch (5); Crain. FSHS: Blake Dickson (5); Hoover.

2B–SME: Alex Hernandez; FSHS: Ryne Price, Tyler Blankenship, Matt Lane, David Arndt.

FSHS Highlights: Lane 3-4, 3 RBIs; Robby Price 3-4, 3 runs, RBI; David Allen 2-4; Ryne Price 2-5, RBI; Blankenship 1-2, 2 RBIs, 2 BB.

Next for FSHS: Tuesday at Olathe East.