GAFFNEY, SC - The Boiling Springs baseball team finished up their 2024 regular season schedule with an impressive 7-1 victory over Gaffney to sweep the season series against the Indians on Friday night.
With the sweep the Bulldogs lock up the second seed out of Region II-5A for the upcoming 5A playoffs. Boiling Springs got their bats going in the top of the second inning as Emory Horton and Kohen Bridges had two singles to put runners at first and second bases before Kyle Patterson walked to load the bases with two outs. Landon Stevens followed by reaching on an error that allowed both Horton and Bridges to score to give the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead. Bridges scored again in the top of the fourth inning after he and Patterson reached base on back-to-back singles before making the lead 3-0 in favor of the Bulldogs when he scored on a sacrifice fly to left field by Stevens. Lucas Morrison started the fifth inning with a single to left field before scoring on a double by A Staiger to right field to push the lead to 4-1 over Gaffney. Horton worked a walk with one out in the top of the seventh inning before being pinch ran for by Grayson Easler. Easler advanced to third base on a single to centerfield by Staiger before scoring on a sacrifice fly by Bridges to push the lead to 5-1 in favor of the Bulldogs. Patterson followed Staiger with a single up the middle to push runners at first and second bases before Stevens knocked a triple to right field scoring both runners to put the Bulldogs lead a 7-1 going into the final half inning of the game. Josh Kanipe came on to pitch for the Bulldogs in the bottom of the seventh inning retiring the lineup in order, striking out the first two batters and forcing a lineout to shortstop for the last out of the game. Kyle Patterson, Kohen Bridges, Austin Staiger, Lucas Morrison, and Justin Dawkins all recorded two hits in the matchup on Friday night. Landon Stevens led the team with three RBIs. Boiling Springs got a strong start from senior pitcher Kyle Dill, who picked up the win, as he went five innings allowing only one hit and one run while striking out one batter. Emory Horton and Josh Kanipe pitched the sixth and seventh innings for the Bulldogs where they allowed no hits while Kanipe struck out two batters. Boiling Springs will now turn their focus to the 5A playoffs where they will host a first-round game against Dutch Fork. If the Bulldogs win on Tuesday, they would either travel to Fort Mill or host Woodmont on Thursday depending on the winner of their matchup. Comments are closed.
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