Straughn cracked three three-run home runs out of the park in the bottom of the fifth inning, and beat Eufaula 10-6 Wednesday at the Southeast Invitational Tournament.

Before defeating Eufaula, SHS beat Dothan 7-3 and Dale County 5-3 on Tuesday in earlier pool play at the tournament.

With their 10-6 victory over Eufaula, fourth-ranked Straughn has won seven straight ball games, six of which were come-from-behind wins, SHS head baseball coach John Fussell said. Straughn will face the winner of the Enterprise-Carroll game on Friday, when the single elimination portion of the tournament begins.

Before embarking on a home run spree, SHS trailed Eufaula 6-1 going into the bottom of the fifth. Straughn scored one run in the fourth inning.

“Coach (Kenny) Skipper and I don’t mind being behind when it’s not because we’re not hustling, or we’re not focused,” Fussell said about the Eufaula game. “You can take it when it’s not because of a lack of focus. Pretty much, that’s the way yesterday was.”

Fussell said he had a team meeting after the second inning, similar to what he did during the Dale County game Saturday during the SHS Invitational championship game.

“The good thing is that at least our guys know as long as they’re playing together as a team, and not being selfish and working hard, they’re in every game they play,” he said. “I would like for them to be hustling and focused when the first pitch is thrown. I think we’ll get that corrected, as a matter of fact, I’ll know we’ll get that corrected.”

Straughn 10, Eufaula 6

In the bottom of the fifth, Andrew Burleson and Josh Dewrell were walked to put two men on with no outs.

Luke Fussell then hit the first three-run homer to make it 6-4.

Zack Lunsford helped Straughn cut into Eufaula’s lead with the second three-run home run, and SHS trailed 7-6.

By the time Dewrell hit the third three-run home run for Straughn, there were two outs on the board.

“We had a meeting after the second inning, and even though we didn’t score until the fourth, there wasn’t anymore sitting on the bench, just like the Dale County game,” Fussell said.

Two of the three home runs were hit on curve balls, and one was hit on a fast ball. By the time Fussell and Dewrell hit their home runs, they were 0-for-2.

Lunsford earned the win on the mound for Straughn. He gave up five hits, four walks and had two strikeouts in seven innings.

Dewrell was 1-for-3; Fussell was 2-for-4 with one home run and one single; Drew Jones was 2-for-3 and had one double and one single; Zack Stinson was 1-for-4 and had one single; Lunsford was 2-for-4 and had one single and one home run; Zack Turvin was 1-for-3 and had one single; and Burleson was 2-for-2 and had one double and one single.

Straughn 5, Dale County 3

Straughn (12-3) trailed 3-2, and scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to get the win over the Warriors.

Nick Allen gave up two runs and had two strikeouts in one inning for the win on the mound.

Straughn’s three runs came on three doubles by Jones, Stinson and Burleson.

Dewrell was 2-for-3 and had one single and one home run; Fussell was 1-for-3 and had one single; Allen was 1-for-3 and had one single; Jones was 1-for-3 and had one double; Stinson was 2-for-3 and had two doubles; Burleson was 1-for-3 and had one double; and Turvin was 1-for-3 and had one double.

Stinson pitched five innings, gave up one hit and struck out two for Straughn.

Straughn 7, Dothan 3

Cody Hughes struck out 12, walked three and allowed three runs on three hits in six innings for Straughn.

Straughn again found itself behind, trailing 3-2 in the fourth inning. SHS tied the game up in the fifth inning, and scored four runs in the seventh.

Hughes hit a two-run home run, and the Nos. 6, 7 and 8 hole batters hit two singles and one double.