Houston Academy won the area championship, Providence Christian earned a playoff spot and Wicksburg suffered a big blow even though it wasn’t part of the baseball doubleheader Thursday night at Northcutt Field in Dothan.
The Raiders won the second game against the Eagles 7-1 to claim the Class 3A, Area 3 title and the right to host a first round state playoff game next week after Providence won the opener of the doubleheader 10-2 to also earn a playoff berth next week. On Tuesday, Houston Academy won at Providence 7-4 in the first game of the huge best-of-three series.Wicksburg was eliminated from playoff contention once Providence downed HA in the first game Thursday.
“Hey, we’re pretty happy,” Houston Academy coach Tony Kirkland said. “We haven’t hosted a home game in the playoffs since 2016. “He came in the other night and threw 17 pitches and threw two strikes, and one of them went out of the park,” Kirkland said. “He has never struggled like he did the other night over there.
J.T. Ackerman then sent a sharp grounder off the glove of Brock, who was the starting pitcher, to bring in Shelley in making it 5-1. Pitchford then got a fly out to left field before the Raiders turned a nice double play to end the game.Providence Christian 10, Houston Academy 2: In the opener of the doubleheader, the Eagles got a tremendous pitching performance from Harrison Mims, who pitched a four-hitter, and the Providence offense pounded out 13 hits in gaining the win.
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