Auburn knocks off Fairhope; Hillcrest, Mars Hill Bible advance

Class 7A No. 3 Auburn scored two runs every within the first and third innings and defeated Fairhope 4-1 in Sport 3 of their best-of-3 three quarterfinal collection on Saturday afternoon.

The Tigers (27-10) superior to play rival and No. 4 Central-Phenix Metropolis within the semifinals for the fitting to play within the Class 7A championship collection. The Pink Devils swept Baker on Friday.

Michael Daniel hit a two-run homer within the first inning for Auburn. Tanner Waldrop and Seth Payne had back-to-back RBI doubles within the third inning. Harrison Geiger pitched a whole sport to earn the victory. He allowed simply three hits and a stroll. He struck out six.

Rock Gearhart drove in Fairhope’s solely run of the sport. Jerry McDowell pitched nicely in a dropping effort, permitting six hits and 4 runs and placing out three.

The Pirates completed 30-13.

CLASS 6A

Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 7, Baldwin County 1

Jackson Henderson pitched six hitless innings and belted a two-run homer in main Hillcrest to the quarterfinal win.

The victory sends the Patriots (28-11) into subsequent week’s semifinal spherical in opposition to Spanish Fort.

Henderson gave up successful within the seventh to Baldwin County’s Eli Woody to interrupt up the no-hit bid whereas an RBI-groundout by Landen Walker ended the shutout. Henderson struck out eight and walked three, throwing 61 strikes in 94 pitches.

His two-run, two-out blast to left area began the scoring within the first and Hillcrest added a run within the fourth on a run-scoring single by Gunnar Hobson.

Two run-scoring singles by Rhett Turnipseed, one within the fifth and one within the seventh, made it 5-0 and Kahden Smith capped the scoring with a two-run single within the seventh.

Turnipseed was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run whereas Brooks Tunnell was 2-for-4 with a run. Henderson additionally scored twice.

Baldwin County (28-11) began the ultimate inning with a stroll, Woody’s single and hit batter. Henderson struck out the following hitter earlier than Walker’s floor out accounted for the one run.

CLASS 2A

Mars Hill Bible 9, Vincent 2

After a scoreless first inning, eighth-ranked Mars Hill Bible scored all 9 of its runs within the subsequent two innings to upset top-ranked Vincent and advance to subsequent week’s semifinal in opposition to Pink Bay.

A two-run homer by Jaxon Poag, two-run single by Jackson Tingle and run-scoring single by Oakley Bevis gave the Panthers (25-10) a 5-0 lead within the second.

That was adopted by run-scoring double by Bevis, a run-scoring single by Brooks Campbell and two-run single by Jay Dobbs for the nine-run lead within the third.

Vincent (29-6) scored two runs within the fourth on a run-scoring single by Cason Fields and RBI-groundout by Mattson Davis to finish the scoring.

Jack Irby scattered 5 hits and struck out three whereas permitting no earned runs to get the win on the mound.

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