On a thrilling night of softball the Boiling Springs Bulldogs came up just short as they fell to the Mauldin Mavericks 5-4 in nine innings on Tuesday night.
"It was an exciting game but we just fell short," said Bulldogs head coach Randy Piazza. "We'll forget about this one and move on to the next. We're young so sometimes we'll let games slip away like that but I think we're going to surprise some people too." The Bulldogs were trailing 2-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth inning and were able to get the game to 2-1 when Ragan Bristol singled to left field bringing home Hailey Owens who had doubled to start the inning. In the bottom of the sixth inning Boiling Springs was able to tie the game when Jaycie Osment, who was pinch running for Breanna Stanley, was able to score on a Mauldin error. After an exciting seventh inning that saw both teams have a runner reach third base both teams had their rallies end on great catches by a member of their outfield. The Mauldin rally was ended by a great diving catch by Bulldogs right fielder Katie Philbeck. Both teams were unable to get runners across the plate in the eighth inning as well despite having runners at third base again which moved the game into the ninth inning that brought into play the international tiebreaker rule that puts a runner at second base to start the inning. The Bulldogs were able to get back to back outs to start the inning while only allowing one run to score before back to back doubles and a single by Mauldin's Virginia Bishop put the Mavericks lead at 5-2 heading into the bottom half of the inning. The Bulldogs were able to bring Zoey Stewart home on a Hailey Owens single and Owens would later score on a groundout by Bristol but Boiling Springs fell just one run short and losing their first region game of the season. Despite the loss Boiling Springs got a good performance from pitcher Olivia Hall who held Mauldin hitless through the first three innings and struck out eight Mavericks hitters on Tuesday night. "When you have a pitcher that throws like that you always feel like you have a chance," said Coach Piazza. "She pitched great tonight and I think she'll only get better as the season goes along." Boiling Springs will look to rebound later this week as they travel to Gaffney on Thursday night and will travel to Spartanburg on Friday night. Comments are closed.
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