The Boiling Springs softball team opened up their new softball facility in impressive fashion as they defeated Spartanburg 16-1 on Thursday night. The victory improves the Bulldogs to 3-0 in region play after they also defeated Riverside in a double header (12-2 and 13-2) on Tuesday night. "It was good to come out and win like that in front of a big crowd," said Boiling Springs head coach Randy Piazza. "We're now 3-0 in the region and while there's still a long way to go it's important to win all the region games you can." The Bulldogs started off the night strong as pitcher Olivia Hall struck out three of the first four batters that came to the plate for the Vikings in the first inning. Hall pitched three innings on Tuesday night while striking out six batters and didn’t allow a hit. On a night of first at the new softball facility the Bulldogs' Ragan Bristol got the first hit which was a single to centerfield that scored Haley Owens, who had reached base on a walk earlier in the inning, to give the Boiling Springs a 1-0 lead at the end of the first inning. In the second inning the Bulldogs bats erupted as they scored twelve runs in the inning to grab a 13-0 lead. All the Boiling Springs batters that came to the plate scored in the second inning while Brianna Stanley, Alexis McFalls, and Abby Threatt, the three batters that started the inning, all scored twice for the Bulldogs in the inning. Boiling Springs also got a good night from Grace McKinney who went three of four at the plate and was just a homerun away from hitting for the cycle. The victory for the Bulldogs not only improves their region record but also gives them momentum as they travel to play in the Crescent Tournament on Friday, a tournament that the Bulldogs won last year. "We're going down there as the defending champions and your goal has to be to do it again," said Coach Piazza. "That's a tough tournament down there against a lot of quality teams and we start out with a tough game against JL Mann. We'll know a lot about ourselves after this weekend." After returning from the Crescent Tournament the Bulldogs will return to region play next week as they host Mauldin on Tuesday night. Baseball Opens New Stadium With a Region Victory The Boiling Springs baseball team opened up their new stadium with a 10-3 victory over region foe Gaffney on Thursday night. The game was moved up to Thursday due to the threat of rain on Friday night.
The Bulldogs used a big first inning to help propel themselves to the victory on Thursday night as they opened up the new stadium with a four run first inning. The first hit in the new stadium came off the bat of senior Davis Brown and he later scored the first run when junior Aaron Thomas hit a triple to plate three runs and give Boiling Springs a 3-0 lead. The Bulldogs would push the lead to 4-0 when Thomas scored on a sacrifice fly. Thomas finished the night going three of four with five RBIs. Boiling Springs senior pitcher Dawson Taylor picked up the first victory for the Bulldogs at their new stadium while striking out seven Gaffney batters. The Bulldogs will return to action on Tuesday night as they travel to Dorman for another region matchup. Comments are closed.
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