Jackson Down's one-out double drove in Harrison Wales with the winning run as Fayetteville rallied from a five-run deficit to defeat Bentonville in extra innings at Bulldog Stadium.

The win pulls Fayetteville (11-7, 5-2) into a tie with Bentonville and Bentonville West for first place in the league standings at the midway point.

Wales led off the bottom of the eighth with a single and moved to second on Andrew Walker's sacrifice bunt. Down then belted a shot that carried to the left-field wall, and Wales scored just ahead of the throw.

Bentonville (13-4, 5-2) led 7-2 in the seventh after a Karson Coffee solo home run before Fayetteville made its comeback. Luke Davenport drew a bases-loaded walk, then Beau Stuckey and Sam Turner each belted a two-out single to tie the game.

Stuckey also had a solo home run and finished with three of Fayetteville's 13 hits, while Wales, Down and Turner each had two hits. Keaton Cloyd had three of Bentonville's 11 hits, while Payton Allen had two hits and two RBIs and Coffee added two hits.