Photo gallery: China Spring beats nationally ranked Sinton in 12 innings in 4A UIL baseball state semifinals

AUSTIN, Texas — Thanks to China Spring, the road ends short of a repeat title for the national No. 3 Sinton Pirates, one of the country's best high school baseball teams this spring.

The Cougars broke a four-all score with four runs in the top of the 12th inning as they held off defending 4A state champion Sinton, 8-4, in the 4A semifinals Wednesday night at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

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China Spring (36-5-1) advances to the school's first baseball state championship since 2000 and will face Texarkana Liberty-Eylau Leopards (33-6) in the Class 4A UIL Baseball State Championship game at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 8th, at UFCU Disch-Falk Field at the University of Texas in Austin.

Check out SBLive's exclusive photo gallery from the Class 4A UIL baseball state semifinal game.

PHOTO GALLERY — SINTON 3, CHINA SPRING 3

All photos by Andrew McCulloch