Walker delivered an RBI groundout to give Tift a 3-1 lead and a wild pitch put Tift up by three runs in the bottom of the third inning.

Pritchett then hit a single and advanced to second on an error in the field, and he scored when Jacori McCoy hit a solid single up the middle to give Tift a 5-1 lead.

McCoy was thrown out trying to advance to third for the final out.

Layfield and Pritchett did not allow a Sumter runner to advance to third for the remainder of the ball game, allowing only one hit in three innings of work.

Tift then used two walks, and two base hits to end the game via the mercy rule in the fifth inning, with Aiden Vickers providing the game-clinching RBI single.

Greer earned the win for Tift.

Tift will play Moultrie today at 5:30 p.m. at the Magnolia Sports Complex in Moultrie with the winner advancing to play Crisp in the Red bracket championship game at 7 p.m.

The winner of the Red bracket will face the winner of the Blue bracket in a three-game series on Friday.