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

The Tigers (27-10) advanced to play rival and No. 4 Central-Phenix City in the semifinals for the right to play in the Class 7A championship series. The Red Devils swept Baker on Friday.

Michael Daniel hit a two-run homer in the first inning for Auburn. Tanner Waldrop and Seth Payne had back-to-back RBI doubles in the third inning. Harrison Geiger pitched a complete game to earn the victory. He allowed just three hits and a walk. He struck out six.

Rock Gearhart drove in Fairhope’s only run of the game. Jerry McDowell pitched well in a losing effort, allowing six hits and four runs and striking out three.

The Pirates finished 30-13.

CLASS 6A

Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 7, Baldwin County 1

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

The victory sends the Patriots (28-11) into next week’s semifinal round against Spanish Fort.

Henderson gave up a hit in the seventh to Baldwin County’s Eli Woody to break up the no-hit bid while 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 field started the scoring in the first and Hillcrest added a run in the fourth on a run-scoring single by Gunnar Hobson.

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

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

Baldwin County (28-11) started the final inning with a walk, Woody’s single and hit batter. Henderson struck out the next hitter before Walker’s ground out accounted for the only run.

CLASS 2A

Mars Hill Bible 9, Vincent 2

After a scoreless first inning, eighth-ranked Mars Hill Bible scored all nine of its runs in the next two innings to upset top-ranked Vincent and advance to next week’s semifinal against Red 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 in the second.

That was followed 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 in the third.

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

Jack Irby scattered five hits and struck out three while allowing no earned runs to get the win on the mound.

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