FORT MILL, SC - After falling to Nation Ford to start their region season at home earlier this year, the Boiling Springs softball team avenged that loss in a 15-3 road win over the Falcons on Tuesday night.
Boiling Springs jumped on the Falcons early in the top of the first inning as they scored three runs to get the game started. The scoring got started when with one out, AD Raines hit a single to centerfield before advancing to second base when Bri Stanley worked a four-pitch walk. Sayde Parris hit a single to centerfield to bring home Raines giving Boiling Springs a 1-0 lead. Kate Philbeck followed Parris with a sacrifice bunt to advance Bri McAbee (running for Stanley) and Emma Wilkins (running for Parris) to second and third base before both scored on a Gracen Bennett single to rightfield to give the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead before the Falcons had even swung a bat. Parris led off the third inning with a single to leftfield before Wilkins, who was running for Parris, advanced to second on a second consecutive successful sacrifice bunt by Philbeck. Wilkins advanced to third base on a Bennett single to left field before scoring on a Jacie Ross to left field that put the Bulldogs lead at 4-0 and allowed Bennett to advance to third base. Bennett made the Bulldogs lead 5-0 when she scored from third base on a single to centerfield by Sarah Ezell. Nation Ford was able to add their first run of the game in the bottom of the third inning to cut the Boiling Springs lead to 5-1 going into the fourth inning. AD Raines led off the top of the fourth inning by working a four-pitch walk before coming around to score on a homerun to rightfield by Bri Stanley to push the Bulldogs lead to 7-1 over the Falcons. Sayde Parris followed Stanley by being hit by a pitch before Wilkins advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Philbeck and then went to third base on a sacrifice fly to rightfield by Gracen Bennett. Wilkins made the score 8-1 in favor of the Bulldogs by scoring on a wild pitch. The Falcons added two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning off an error and a double to cut the Boiling Springs lead to 8-3 over Nation Ford. Both teams went scoreless in the fifth inning but in the sixth inning the Boiling Springs bats had one of their best innings of the season. AD Raines led off the sixth inning with a single to centerfield before coming around to score on a homerun to centerfield by Sayde Parris pushing the Bulldogs lead to 10-3 over the Falcons. Kate Philbeck followed Parris with a single to leftfield and advanced to second base on a Falcons error. Philbeck stole third base before coming around to score on a single to leftfield by Gracen Bennett to make the Bulldogs lead 11-3 over the Falcons. Leaha Rushing advanced Bennett to third base on a double to rightfield before Bennett scored on a single to rightfield by Jacie Ross to make the Bulldogs lead 12-3 over the Falcons while Rushing moved to third base and Ross advanced to second base on the throw. Rushing made the lead 13-3 when she scored on a wild pitch to Sarah Ezell, who reached base on a five pitch walk. With two outs in the inning, Raines came to bat for the second time in the inning and repeated her performance from the first at-bat by singling to centerfield which allowed both Ross and Ezell to score and push the Bulldogs lead to 15-3 over the Falcons. In the bottom of the sixth inning needing two runs to keep the game going, the Falcons were able to get a single with two outs but Boiling Springs pitcher Bri Stanley struck out the final batter to clinch the victory for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs offense had a very strong night as they saw eight of their ten batters all reach base via a hit on Tuesday night with each of those scoring at least one run. As a team the Bulldogs had 17 hits while Gracen Bennett and Sayde Parris led the Bulldogs in RBIs as they each had three RBIs apiece. Boiling Springs pitcher Bri Stanley had another strong performance as she pitched all six innings allowing only five hits while striking out nine of the 26 Nation Ford batters she faced. The Bulldogs defense also continued their improved play as they only had one error over six innings. The Bulldogs are next scheduled to play Clover at home on Thursday, weather permitting, before traveling to the Eastman Invitational softball tournament in Kingsport, TN on Friday for a three-day tournament. Comments are closed.
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