Veritas Christian’s baseball team advanced to the KCAA state championship game with a 9-1 victory against Derby Invasion on Friday in Derby.

Taking advantage of five errors, the Eagles (8-5) had a four-run third inning, including an RBI single from Cody Heiland.

Veritas pitcher Matthew Fred struck out 10 and allowed two hits in five innings.

The Eagles will play in the state title game at 4:30 p.m. today.

Derby 000 100 0– 1 2 5

Veritas 204 003 x — 9 7 1

W — Matthew Fred.

2B — Weston Flory, Levi Hawkins, Zach Hill.

Veritas highlights — Fred, 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 4 BB, 10 K; Hill, 2-for-4, run; Tucker Flory, 1-for-1, 2 runs; Cody Heiland 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI.