DAPHNE – Foley and Daphne split a baseball double header on Saturday.

Foley took the opener 4-0 with Taylor Wheaton going the distance on the mound for the four-hit shutout with seven strike outs and driving in a run on a single at the plate. Matt Salter had two hits and Lion teammates Jamin Graham, Kyle Pilgrim, Taylor Bishop and Zach Hughes added singles for FHS. Myles Merchant and J.T. Peddrick added RBIs for the Lions. DHS had singles from Dillon Schaniel, Brandon Peterson and Russ Mosley. Tyler Powell doubled for the Trojans.

Daphne bounced back in the night cap to outscore the Lions 7-5. Foley scored first then trailed 3-1 until the third when the Lions scored four runs to lead 5-3. But DHS tied it in the bottom of the third and took the lead for good scoring two in the bottom of the fourth. Jordan Thornhill got the win going six innings and Ty Berridge picked up the save. Jordan Blanchette was 3-for-4, Mosley was 3-for-4 with an RBI, Powell was 2-for-4 including a triple and an RBI, Corey Henning was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, Kyle Reese had an RBI single and Dakota Ehmka and Schaniel each had singles and scored for DHS.

Foley had a pair of hits and RBIs from Wheaton, two RBIs from Peddrick, and an RBI single from Pilgrim, a single each from Eric Fontaine and Bishop and Graham prodced a single and a double for the Lions.

The Lions host Gulf Shores in a double header Friday starting at 4 p.m. DHS starts a three-game Area 4 series with Baldwin County in Bay Minette Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

The series continues Friday at Daphne with the first game set for 4 p.m.