Hills and Northern Metros recorded day three wins to top their respective pools at #AILC2019 in Mildura.
Hills powered past Manly and Northern Metros proved too strong for Ryde Hawks to punch their semi-final tickets.
Despite defeat, Manly and Ryde will also feature in the final four.
Manly will face the Metros and Hawks square off against Hills for a spot in Friday's gold medal game.
Catch up on all the day three action:
Twins 20, Southern Mariners 10 | Box Score
A 10-run fourth lifted Twins to a 20-10 win over Southern Mariners on Wednesday.
Ben Howard drove in three runs for Twins and Jacob White and Addison Bishop-Worn each brought home two runners.
Edward Morgan recorded eight strikeouts in four innings on the mound.
Mitch Denny collected two hits for the Mariners and drove in a run.
Northern Metros 11, Ryde Hawks 1 | Box Score
Strong pitching and steady offence helped Northern Metros top Ryde Hawks 11-1 and secure finish first in Pool B.
Pitchers Jack Angeloff and Hudson Brice impressed on the mound and Rhys Kelly hit an inside-the-park home run for the Metros.
Kelly finished with three runs batted in on two hits.
Angeloff also collected multiple hits.
Cooper Wilson drove in Ryde’s run.
Hills 17, Manly 2 | Box Score
Jett Watson drove in four runs and Luke Hayhow collected six strikeouts as Hills finished pool play with a perfect 4-0 record.
Watson recorded three hits, along with Hayden Chappell, as Hills secured an impressive 17-2 win over Manly.
Hills took a 6-2 lead after one and wrapped up victory with an eight-run fourth.
Chappell, Nick Suykens and Caleb Tunkin each recorded two RBIs.
Kane Flew and Will Tibbett drove in runs for Manly.
Western Comets 14, Western Suns 3 | Box Score
Daniel Papiccio struck out eight hitters and his offence fired behind him to send Western Comets to victory over Western Suns.
Papiccio tossed five innings and worked with an early lead as the Comets recorded a 14-3 win.
Western Comets took a 5-0 lead after two innings and wrapped up an impressive win with six runs in the fifth.
Papiccio also collected a team-high two hits.
Manly 9, Eastern Athletics 4 | Box Score
Manly bounced back from its earlier loss to Hills, defeating Eastern Athletics 9-4.
Luke Donaghey, Toby Russell and Edward Gall led Manly’s offence.
Will Tibbett struck out three batters.
Eastern starter Ryder Wilson finished with five strikeouts.
Day four action in Mildura gets underway at 10am (local time).
Head to the #AILC2019 tournament page for results, rosters and the complete schedule.