Local baseball, softball teams jockeying for playoff bids, seeding

A bunch of area baseball and softball teams can not only start planning for the postseason, but can go one step further by deciding how much to play starters and use their top pitchers in the coming days.

Carolina Forest and Aynor baseball have clinched first place in their respective regions, while Waccamaw and Loris know their exact seed for the playoffs.

Area softball teams St. James, Myrtle Beach, Waccamaw, Carvers Bay and Green Sea-Floyds will also have little drama attached to the rest of the week while knowing their seeds for next week.

As for the rest, only two area teams who have yet to clinch a playoff berth are still alive for one. Socastee and Carolina Forest softball, along with Sumter, can still earn the fourth and final spot out of Region VI-AAAA.

X - clinched playoff berth

X - CF 7-2

X - WF 6-3

X - SUM/SF 5-4

SOC 3-6

CON 1-8

Friday: CF at CON; WF at SOC; SUM at SF

X - STJ/MB 7-2

X - NMB/LC 6-3

GT 1-8

WIL 0-9

Friday: MB at STJ; NMB at GT; LC at WIL

Tuesday: STJ at WIL; NMB at LC; GT at MB

Friday: MB at NMB; LC at STJ; WIL at GT

Region VIII-AA

X - AYN 9-0

X - WAC 7-2

X - LOR 5-4

X -DIL 4-5

MAR/MUL 1-8

Wednesday: MUL at DIL (DH)

Friday: WAC at AYN; LOR at MAR; MUL at DIL

Region VI-AAAA

X - SF 7-2

X - WF 6-3

X - CON 5-4

SOC/CF/SUM 3-6

Friday: CF at CON; WF at SOC; SUM at SF

Region VII-AAA*

X - GT 7-1

X - NMB 7-2

X - STJ 6-3

X - MB 4-5

WIL 2-6

LC 0-9

Friday: MB at NMB; LC at STJ; WIL at GT (DH)

Region VIII-AA

X - AYN/DIL 8-1

X - MAR 5-4

X - WAC 4-5

LOR 2-7

MUL 0-9

Friday: WAC at AYN; MUL at DIL; LOR at MAR

Region VIII-A

X - LAT 7-0

X - CB 6-2

X - GSF 4-4

X - Lake View 2-5

CRBR 0-8

Wednesday: LAT vs. LV

This story was originally published April 15, 2016 at 12:08 AM with the headline "Local baseball, softball teams jockeying for playoff bids, seeding."