Bulldogs Softball Opens Lady Rebels Invitational With Four Homer Game And Combined No-Hitter3/19/2021
On Friday afternoon the Boiling Springs softball team competed in the opening round of the Lady Rebel Invitational coming away with a 9-3 victory over Chesnee and a 12-0 victory over Wade Hampton.
"It was a great way to start off this tournament," said Bulldogs head coach Randy Piazza. "The way we came out hitting the ball with our leadoff hitters getting on and then getting four homers in that one game along with coming from behind early in that first game it was big." Boiling Springs started off their afternoon falling behind 2-0 to Chesnee as Mattie Martin reached base on a walk and Ali Scruggs followed with a double to left field to put runners at second and third. Sam Carver hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Martin and Paige Scruggs followed with a groundout to third base to bring home Ali Scruggs. The Bulldogs responded to the deficit with some fire power of their own as A.D. Raines and Olivia Hall both reached base on back-to-back singles to left field before catcher Ragan Bristol hit a towering shot over the left field wall for a three run homer to give Boiling Springs a 3-2 lead. After Bristol's homer, first baseman Bri Stanley walked and centerfielder Jaycie Osment reached base on a bunt single to put two runners on for the Bulldogs. Sadie Parris followed Osment with a deep homerun for the Bulldogs to right field for their second three run homer of the inning to give Boiling Springs a 6-2 lead as the Bulldogs batted through the order in the first inning. In the top of the second inning Chesnee's Shenandoah Bishop started the Eagles inning with a double to left centerfield but that's all the Eagles were able to get as Bulldogs pitcher Olivia Hall struck out the next two batters followed by a groundout to third base. A.D. Raines started off the Bulldogs side of the second inning with a double down the left field line and was followed up by Olivia Hall who hit a two run homer to deep left centerfield for the Bulldogs third homerun of the game, extending their lead to 8-2 over the Eagles. Two batters after Hall's homerun the Bulldogs hit their fourth of the game, when Bri Stanley connected on a pitch that landed over the left field fence to give Boiling Springs a 9-2 lead. In the top of the fourth inning Chesnee was able to get the bases loaded with one out but Hall was able to pitch out of trouble striking out an Eagles batter for the second out and forcing a flyball to third base for the final out. Hall finished the first game with seven strikeouts while only allowing three runs on eight hits. Chesnee was able to add another run in top of the sixth inning when Shenandoah Bishop reached base on a single before coming around to score on a single by Emily Pruett to put the Bulldogs lead at 9-3. In the second game the Bulldogs bats didn't cool off as they outscored Wade Hampton 6-0 in the first inning. After getting two outs to start the bottom half of the first inning Ragan Bristol started the Bulldogs bats six run inning with a double to left field. Bristol came around to score on the next at-bat when Bri Stanley doubled to right centerfield for a 1-0 Boiling Springs lead. Stanley moved to third base on a Jaycie Osment single to right field before she moved to second on a stolen base. Kate Philbeck worked a walk on the next at-bat to load the bases. On the next at-bat Sadie Parris reached base on an error that brought home both Stanley and Osment to put the Bulldogs up 3-0. Following Philbeck and Parris, Samy Quintero worked a walk before all three came around to score on a single to right field by Hailey Owens to put the Bulldogs up 6-0 at the end of the first inning. Jacie Ross opened the second inning for the Bulldogs with a single to left field before coming around to score on a double by Stanley to left field. Grace Geddes followed Stanley with a single and was followed by Philbeck reaching base on an error that brought home Stanley to push the Bulldogs lead to 8-0. Sadie Parris followed Philbeck with an infield single that brought home Geddes to push the lead to 9-0 and the Bulldogs later made it 10-0 when A.D. Raines singled to left field to bring home Philbeck. Stanley started off the fourth inning with her second homerun of the day, when she hit a homer to left field to push to the Bulldogs lead to 11-0. After a lineout to third by the Bulldogs, Philbeck reached base on a single before moving to second on an infield single by Alexis McFalls. Philbeck came around to score on a double by Reese Smith to put the Bulldogs up 12-0. While the Bulldogs were busy scoring runs in the second game their pitchers were busy putting on an impressive performance from the pitching circle. Olivia Hall pitched the first inning striking out two and getting a grounder to first with the only blemish being a hit batsmen. From the second inning on though it was all Bri Stanley as she only allowed one baserunner on a walk, that was later picked off by catcher Sadie Parris at first base. Stanley pitched the final four innings striking out eight batters as both pitchers combined to pitch a five inning combined no-hitter. "Our kids came in here tonight with a lot of enthusiasm and they're excited about where we're heading as long as we continue doing what we need to do," said Piazza. "When they asked me at the beginning of the year I told people the depth of our pitching staff is pretty good. I feel like we have three pretty good pitchers and when you can use any of the three to give the others a break that's good for your team." With the two wins Boiling Springs enters play in the gold bracket of the tournament and will return to play in the Lady Rebel Invitational on Saturday at 11:00 AM when they face the winner of Pool F (Seneca, Broome, or Greer). Comments are closed.
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