FAIRHOPE, Alabama - The Foley Lions split the first two games of a best-of-three series at Northview-Dothan in the first round of the AHSAA Class 6A baseball state playoffs on Saturday.

The Lions (26-11) will play at Northview (24-12) at Northview on Monday for the final game of the series. The winner will advance to face Fairhope on Friday in the second round.

Northview won the first game 4-3 in eight innings. Brax Garrett pitched all eight innings for Foley in the loss with eight strikeouts, three hits and just two earned runs. Northview scored the go ahead run off an error in the eighth. Foley's Stormm Garrett had a two-RBI single. 

Foley won the second game 4-3. Kelley Gunn got the win for the Lions in 2 1/3 innings of relief, and Kenny Stidham's RBI put the Lions ahead 4-3. Maison Taylor had two RBIs and Stormm Garrett added two hits in the second game. Brax Garrett stole home for another Foley run. 

Bayside, Gulf Shores fall: Class 5A No. 2 Faith Academy swept Gulf Shores 10-0, 19-2 on Saturday in a state playoff double header. Faith advances to face Spanish Fort on Friday in the second round. In the Class 3A playoffs Bayside Academy lost 2-0 and 12-0 at Opp in a first round double header.