FAIRHOPE, Ala. — The heart of the order usually refers to the middle third of a baseball line up that produces the most RBIs (Runs Batted In).

On Saturday, it was also about PBIs (Pints Bagged In) with lifesaving blood donors filling out the line up card as well as being about increasing heart health awareness.

On the field at Volanta Park the first-ever Heart Health Game got underway with the Fairhope Pirates hosting the Spanish Fort Toros while just off the field the LifeSouth Blood Mobile was accepting blood donations.

“It was an opportunity to get people to get screened and tested and give blood,” said Fairhope baseball coach Stu Fuller. “And what it really was about was raising awareness for heart health.”

Fuller underwent heart surgery in January 2009 at Thomas Hospital after a dangerous aortic aneurysm was found.

“My wife Lanette and I are grateful to Thomas Hospital and administrators at both Spanish Fort and Fairhope high schools for letting us do this. And we’re both very appreciative of Kathy Baugh and Owen Bailey of Thomas Hospital and their Foundation for putting this on. We hope we can look forward to doing this every year and have it be successful. We want to continue to have such great medical care in our own back yard. And I cannot say enough about the quality of care I received. This community has a treasure in Thomas Hospital.”

Baugh said that 26 pints were donated and all funds raised from the Heart Health Game will be donated to the Thomas Hospital Foundation. The Foundation supports the cardiac program that provided Fuller’s care. It has been named one of the nation’s Top 100.

Spanish Fort coach Tommy Walker said Toros baseball and their fans were behind the event.

“It’s a great cause," he said. “You know coach Fuller is probably my closest coaching friend and just a great baseball coach. And to think he was possibly just a doctor’s appointment away from not being here today. So it was a good way to get people thinking more about getting a checkup and a lesson to all to get that done.”

Walker said his team is hosting a Breast Cancer Awareness game tonight at 6 p.m. with proceeds benefiting mothers of players battling the disease.

After the dust cleared the Pirates came away with a 7-1 victory over the Toros added to a 5-4 extra-inning win over Chiles of Tallahassee earlier.

Spanish Fort had defeated Homewood 5-2 in their first game.

“Hunter (Ellenberg) did great job throwing against us,” Walker said of the Pirate starter and winner of the second game. “He kept it away from us well. We hit it hard but right at them when we found the barrel. It was our fourth game in two days. But, we’ll get better and improve.”

Ellenberg allowed three hits and one run while getting eight hits from the offense including home runs by Justin Hathcock, Evan East and Peyton Fuller.

In the 5-4 win over the Chiles Eagles. Robert Baugh blasted a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th to score Hathcock who had doubled. Hathcock also homered earlier and got the win on the mound.

In the Toros’ win over Homewood, Zac Fowler got the win and helped himself with two doubles and four RBIs. Troy Brown closed getting seven strikeouts for the save.