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Central Fairhope

Red Devils

Pirates

The Fairhope (AL) varsity baseball team won Friday's neutral playoff game against Central (Phenix City, AL) by a score of 2-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Fairhope	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-

Final score provided by M. Porrazzo.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Alabama High School Baseball - Central nipped by Fairhope

May 1, 2026: Phenix City, AL 36870

The Fairhope Pirates nipped the host Central Red Devils baseball squad by a score of 2-1 in Friday's non-league outing.

Central vs Fairhope Baseball Game Info

Fri., May. 1, 2026 @ 7p

The Fairhope (AL) varsity baseball team won Friday's neutral playoff game against Central (Phenix City, AL) by a score of 2-1.

This game is a part of the "2026 AHSAA Baseball Playoffs (Alabama) - 7A State Baseball" tournament.

Rankings & Records

Central (25-26)

AL	Class
36	13

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
27-19	7-2	16-3	5-4	6-12	.587	.778	220	225

Fairhope (25-26)

AL	Class
34	12

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
27-10	8-0	21-6	5-2	1-2	.730	1.000	259	158

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Central	.7	1.1	.6	.8	.4	.5	.4	0	0	2.5	1.0	1.0	4.8	5.5	1.7
Fairhope	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.6	.7	1.3	.7	0	-	-	-	-	7.0	7.8	1.6

Head-to-Head

Central won last month

5/1 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Central - - - - - - - 3 - -
Fairhope - - - - - - - 1 - -

The Central (Phenix City, AL) varsity baseball team won Friday's neutral playoff game against Fairhope (AL) by a score of 3-1.
Box score
Central won last month

5/1 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Central - - - - - - - 7 - -
Fairhope - - - - - - - 6 - -

The Central (Phenix City, AL) varsity baseball team won Friday's neutral playoff game against Fairhope (AL) by a score of 7-6.
Box score
Fairhope won last month

5/1 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Central - - - - - - - 1 - -
Fairhope - - - - - - - 2 - -

The Central (Phenix City, AL) varsity baseball team lost Friday's neutral playoff game against Fairhope (AL) by a score of 2-1.
Box score

5/1 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Fairhope	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-

5/1 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Fairhope	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Central		Fairhope
.400	Batting Average	.312
.500	On Base Percentage	.424
.400	Slugging Percentage	.401
-	Fielding Percentage	.929
-	Win Loss Percentage	.739

Team Leaders

Central		Fairhope	National Avg.
Leland Stanford.400	Batting Average	#7 Cooper Bell.444	.243
Leland Stanford.500	On Base Percentage	#7 Cooper Bell.603	.385
Leland Stanford.400	Slugging Percentage	#7 Cooper Bell.578	.312
-	Fielding Percentage	#10 Jackson Curry1.000	.859
-	Win Loss Percentage	#16 Ty McGinley1.000	.530

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Central	4-6		Fairhope	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/21/26	Tuscaloosa County	Central	(L) 8-6	2/28/26	Tuscaloosa County	Fairhope	(L) 12-7
3/14/26	Enterprise	Central	(L) 10-2	3/21/26	Enterprise	Fairhope	(W) 10-9
4/8/26	Auburn	Central	(L) 4-1	4/2/26	Auburn	Fairhope	(L) 5-1
4/9/26	Central	Auburn	(W) 3-2
4/10/26	Central	Auburn	(L) 6-2
5/15/26	Auburn	Central	(L) 10-5
5/15/26	Auburn	Central	(L) 4-2
4/22/26	Central	Opelika	(W) 6-2	2/27/26	Opelika	Fairhope	(W) 7-0
4/23/26	Opelika	Central	(W) 7-6
4/30/26	Opelika	Central	(W) 3-1

Record Breakdown

Central (25-26)		Fairhope (25-26)
27-19	Overall	27-10
7-2	League	8-0
15-9	Non-League	17-7
2-1	Head to Head	1-2
4-6	Common Opponent	2-2
16-3	Home	21-6
5-4	Away	5-2
6-12	Neutral	1-2
4-4	Playoff	1-2
22-11	In-State	21-9
5-8	Out-of-State	6-1