ROEBUCK, SC - In what has been a pivotal series over the last few years for a region championship, the Boiling Springs baseball team jumped ahead with in the series using clutch hitting along with taking advantage of mistakes to take an 8-6 win over Dorman on Monday night.
The Cavaliers jumped ahead to start the game when Clay Crossley hit a triple to centerfield before scoring on two-run homer by Mitch Wilson to left field to take a 2-0 lead after one inning of play. Boiling Springs responded in the top of the second inning with two outs as Kyle Patterson, JD Moore, and Kai Lee worked three straight walks before Landon Stevens came up with one of the biggest hits of the game crushing a grand slam homerun to rightfield on a 2-2 pitch to give the Bulldogs a 4-2 lead. Dorman tied the game in the bottom of the second inning when Jackson Pruitt and Palmer Hornick scored from second and third base on a single to centerfield by Crossley to tie game at 4-4 after two innings. After both teams went scoreless in the third inning Boiling Springs got back on the board in the top of the fourth inning as they loaded the bases when Lee walked, Stevens doubled to leftfield, and Justin Dawkins followed with another walk. Titus Hutchins followed Dawkins with a single to leftfield scoring Lee to put the Bulldogs back ahead at 5-4 over the Cavaliers while leaving the bases still loaded. Chasen Cole followed Hutchins with a sacrifice fly to centerfield allowing Stevens to score before Dawkins scored on a wild pitch to push the Bulldogs lead to 7-4. Hutchins scored on another wild pitch just two batters later to push the Boiling Springs lead to 8-4 over Dorman. Boiling Springs got another strong outing on the mound from starting pitcher Chansen Cole who went six innings while only allowing two earned runs on six hits and striking out 11 Dorman batters. Dorman added two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to cut the lead to 8-6 and had runners on first base and third base with two outs when Josh Kanipe came in to save the game striking out the final Cavaliers batter to secure the 8-6 win for the Bulldogs. Landon Stevens led the Bulldogs offense with two hits, including the grand slam, while collecting four RBIs and also scoring two runs of his own. The Bulldogs showed an impressive patience at the plate as Justin Dawkins, Titus Hutchins, and Kai Lee each accounted for two walks as the team worked 10 walks altogether in the game. With the win the Bulldogs improve their overall record to 6-1 on the season and 1-0 in region play. Boiling Springs will return to action on Wednesday at home when they host the same Dorman team in the second game of a three-game series this week. Comments are closed.
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