A Thursday doubleheader sweep of LeFlore gave Baldwin County High School a berth in the 2007 Class 6A state baseball playoffs that begin April 24. The Tigers skinned the Rattlers 10-0 and 14-1 in a pair of five-inning romps on the BCHS campus diamond.

The games were moved up from Friday to Thursday since both schools had senior proms scheduled during the weekend. The teams were originally scheduled to play a Friday doubleheader in Mobile and a single game Saturday afternoon at BCHS. Only the first game of Thursday’s twin bill counted in the 6A Area 3 standings and put BCHS at 1-2 in the area while LeFlore remained winless in area play.

The second game of the twin bill gave the Tigers the edge in the first tie-breaker needed toward determining playoff positioning, so the third game that would have been played in Mobile was canceled.

Baldwin County will play its first-round playoff game April 24 against 6A Area 2 champion Murphy at Mobile’s Mims Park.

BCHS 10-14, LeFlore 0-1

Travis Corley pitched a five-inning no-hitter in the first game. He struck out 10 Rattlers, walked one and hit one. The Tigers gave him all the runs he needed by scoring four in the first, then posted two-run rallies in the second, third and fifth innings to end the game early.

Tigers shortstop Josh Huggins had the first of back-to-back 3-for-3 games in the opener and drove in three runs. He stroked RBI doubles in the second and fifth innings. Leadoff man Cole White went 2-for-2, walked twice and scored three runs. Dusty Roberts had two hits and two RBI, one via a sacrifice fly.

Baldwin County, after collecting nine hits in the first game, pounded out 16 in the playoffs-clinching nightcap. Huggins, who got the pitching win, had another double and drove in four runs, two with a first-inning single. White also went 3-for-3 and had two triples and an RBI. Rob Reed joined the three-hit parade and missed out on hitting for the cycle when he struck out in his fourth at bat after singling, doubling and tripling.

Roberts had two hits, a sacrifice ly and two RBI, Justin Miller two hits, David Dean an RBI double and Justin Morrissette a run-scoring triple.

Huggins improved to 3-0 with a four-hitter. He struck out seven, walked one and hit one.