The Trenton baseball team is one step closer to a third straight trip to the final four.

On Friday night at Bryant Field, the No. 1 seed Tigers swept a doubleheader against No. 4 seed Dixie County (Cross City), 12-2 and 15-0, in an FHSAA Rural-Region 4 Semifinal.

The Tigers, who won the Best-of-3 series, 2-0, will host either No. 2 seed Marathon or No. 3 seed Williston in another Best-of-3 series on May 8-9 with a spot in the state semifinals in Fort Myers at stake.

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FHSAA Baseball regional playoffs – Friday, May 1

(teams in the Mainstreet coverage area in bold)

(Regional Semifinals – All classes, best-of-3 series)

Rural-Region 3 Semifinals
1 Union County (Lake Butler) 7, 4 Madison County 6 
1 Union County (Lake Butler) 10, 4 Madison County 7 – Union County wins series 2-0

Rural-Region 4 Semifinals
1 Trenton 12, 4 Dixie County (Cross City) 2 (5)
1 Trenton 15, 4 Dixie County (Cross City) 0 (5) – Trenton wins series 2-0

3 Williston 9, 2 Marathon 6 – Williston leads 1-0 (Games 2 & 3, if necessary, on Saturday)

Class 1A-Region 2 Semifinals
2 Mount Dora Christian 11, 3 Saint Francis Catholic Academy 8 – MDC leads 1-0 (Games 2 & 3, if necessary, on Saturday)

Class 3A-Region 1 Semifinals
3 Suwannee (Live Oak) 12, 2 Fernandina Beach 0 (5)
2 Fernandina Beach 4, 3 Suwannee (Live Oak) 3 – Series tied 1-1 (Game 3 on Saturday)

Class 6A-Region 1 Semifinals
2 Buchholz 5, 6 Oakleaf (Orange Park) 3
2 Buchholz 7, 6 Oakleaf (Orange Park) 1 – Buchholz wins series 2-0