"I actually didn't feel any pressure," said Aumann, who is 7-1 as a starter this year. "I knew our team could come through with the hits. All we had to do was do our jobs on the mound."

Bobby Hite homered on the first pitch of the game, and the Seahawks scored five runs in the fifth inning to give the bullpen all the support it needed. Morris and Aumann, both left-handed pitchers, gave up two runs over the last three innings and shut down one of the most potent lineups in Anne Arundel County.

South River will play Leonardtown at 4 p.m. today for a shot at its third region title.

Aumann threw a complete game in a 6-3 win over Old Mill in the second round Wednesday before his 11/3 innings of relief against the Falcons. He'll start for South River today, but will be held to five innings, due to MPSSAA innings-pitched rules.

South River was outscored, 27-4, in two regular-season meetings with Severna Park.

"We have not come close to beating Severna Park this year," said Morris, who struck out three and gave up a solo home run to Dylan Turner in 11/3 innings to earn the win. "It's nice to beat them when it counts."

Seahawks starter Jake Harkey was pulled in the fourth inning after Alex Ramsay's one-out single gave the Falcons a 3-2 lead. Morris struck out Brent Jones, and courtesy runner Mike Lee was thrown out trying to steal second to end the inning.

Dylan Taylor beat the Seahawks twice during the regular season, but couldn't get out of the fifth, as South River batted around to take a 7-3 lead.

Jaime Willson led off with a single and stole second, and Blake Alderman walked. Willson scored when Jones misplayed Hite's grounder at third, and Brendan Ring followed with an RBI double off the wall in right-center field to give the Seahawks a 4-3 lead.

Jake Sodeman walked to load the bases, and Kevin Loftis drove a two-run single to right field. Russ Donaldson grounded a double-play ball to short for the first out, but Severna Park second baseman Kyle Convissar overthrew first baseman Adam Senholzi to score Sodeman.

Taylor gave up seven runs - six earned - on five hits and four walks in 41/3 innings in the loss.

"We expect to get runs every time we play," South River coach Kenny Dunn said. "Taylor's done a nice job against us. We made a few adjustments, and the kids took it to heart."

Morris gave up Turner's home run in the fifth, and he walked Cory Jensen with two outs in the sixth to give way to Aumann. South River's ace struck out Ramsay to end the inning.

Aumann pitched out of trouble in the seventh inning, too. He issued a leadoff to Jones, and Erik Schneider singled to center. Turner doubled in Jones to make it 8-5, and Pat O'Keefe walked to load the bases.

Aumann struck out Jason Basara for the second out, and he got Convissar - who doubled and hit two home runs against South River on May 2 - to ground out to third for the final out.

"We had the guys up we wanted," Severna Park coach Jim McCandless said. "Convissar's had a great year. I'll take my chances with him down the road any time."

Aumann picked up three strikeouts and allowed one run on two hits to finish out 3 2/3 innings relief work.

"Morris comes in and does the job for us," Dunn said. "And you can't find a better stopper than Aumann to come in and close it."

Hite hit the first pitch of the game over the left-field wall, and Ramsay tied the score at 1 with an RBI groundout in the bottom of the inning.

Turner scored on a third-inning error to give the Falcons the lead. Donaldson's sacrifice fly to right field in the fourth made it 2-2, and his seventh-inning sacrifice fly pushed South River's lead to 8-4.

Severna Park left the bases loaded in the first, second and seventh innings and stranded 11 runners - seven in scoring position.

"We scored a lot of singleton runs and left a lot of guys on base," McCandless said. "It came back to haunt us."

South River (15-7) 100 150 1 8 6 5

Severna Park (15-7) 101 110 1 5 7 2

WP: Morris. LP: Taylor. 2B: SR - Ring; SP - Turner. HR - SR - Hite; SP - Turner. RBI: SR - Loftis 2, Donaldson 2, Ring, Hite; SP - Turner 2, Ramsay 2.