BOILING SPRINGS, SC - The Boiling Springs baseball team entered the 5A District playoffs as the number one seed but will have to battle back after to move out of this round after falling to Rock Hill 10-6 on Tuesday night.
The Bearcats had two big innings that saw them score four runs in each inning and was the difference maker in the game. Boiling Springs took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning as Justin Dawkins hit a double to right field before scoring on a Rylee Douglas single that also went to right field. Rock Hill added two runs in the top of the third inning to take a 2-1 lead as both Wyatt Faulkner and John Wimmer both came around to score for the Bearcats. The Bulldogs retook the lead in the bottom of the third inning as Luke Compton led off the inning with a towering homerun to right field to tie the game at 2-2. He was followed to the plate by Hudson Wilson who doubled to left centerfield before later coming around to score on a Corbin Childers double to left centerfield to give Boiling Springs a 3-2 lead. The first of the two big innings for Rock Hill happened in the top of the fourth inning as they were able to load the bases and on a 3-2 pitch Cole Canty crushed a grand slam to straight left field taking a 6-3 lead over the Bulldogs. Chansen Cole led off the bottom half of the inning for the Bulldogs with a single to left field before moving to third base on an error and later scoring on a wild pitch to cut the lead to 6-4. Justin Dawkins followed Cole by reaching base on a walk before eventually scoring on a double by Hudson Wilson down the right field line to narrow the lead to 6-5 over the Bulldogs. In the top of the sixth inning the Bulldogs were able to get two quick outs against the Bearcats but an error on the potential third out kept the inning alive for Rock Hill, which turned into the second big inning for the Bearcats. Rock Hill was able to eventually load the bases before a double by Gabe Cassidy and a single by Coal Webster allowed the Bearcats to add on four more runs to push their lead to 10-5 over the Bulldogs. Boiling Springs tried to mount a rally in the bottom of the seventh inning, as Eli Mobley led off the inning with a double to left field before scoring on a groundout by Chasen Cole, but it wasn't to be and the Bulldogs were sent to the loser's bracket of the District playoffs. While the road is a little tougher now for the Bulldogs, their journey isn't over and the battle back will begin on Thursday when they host Nation Ford who fell 8-5 to Woodmont on Tuesday night. 5A GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS - Fort Mill 6 Boiling Springs 1 A successful season for the Boiling Springs girls soccer program that saw them finish in second place of the region came to an end on Tuesday night as they fell to the Fort Mill Yellow Jackets 6-1 in the first round of the 5A playoffs. While the season didn't end how they wanted it to, the season was a good building block for a young Bulldogs team that will look to once again compete for a region championship next season. WEDNESDAY'S PLAYOFF SCHEDULE: BOYS SOCCER Mauldin at Boiling Springs 7:00 PM (Second Round Playoff Match) SOFTBALL Boiling Springs at Blythewood 6:30 PM (Opening Game of District Playoffs) Comments are closed.
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