On Thursday night the Boiling Springs softball team finished out their 2020 season with an impressive 15-0 win over Laurens in five innings as they said goodbye to seven seniors. The victory over Laurens was the final game in a Bulldogs jersey for seniors Olivia Hall, Reese Smith, Samy Quintero, Jaycie Osment, Katie Roberts, Hailey Owens, and Ragan Bristol.
"That's the best way they could go out as seniors and it was a very sentimental night," said Bulldogs head coach Randy Piazza. "You set out a goal at the start of the season to get into the playoffs and to go to a state championship but I wouldn't take any of that for these kids. This team went through some hard times but they overcame it and how they've played the last few games I wouldn't take it for anything." Boiling Springs held Laurens off the board in the top of the first inning and then got to work in the bottom half of the inning. Samy Quintero reached base on an error before moving to second base on an Olivia Hall walk. Quintero and Alexis McFalls, who was pinch running for Hall, made the Bulldogs lead 2-0 when they scored on a double to left field by Ragan Bristol. Bri McAbee, who was pinch running for Bristol, made the score 3-0 in favor of the Bulldogs when she scored on a double to right centerfield by Bri Stanley before Stanley came around to score on a single by Jaycie Osment to give the Bulldogs a 4-0 lead at the end of the first inning. The second inning saw the Bulldogs score three more runs as it started when Quintero reached base on a walk before moving to second when Hall was hit by a pitch. Bristol worked a walk to load the bases before Stanley was hit by a pitch to bring home Quintero giving the Bulldogs a 5-0 lead. Hailey Owens followed Stanley with a single to left field scoring McFalls to put the Bulldogs ahead 6-0 over Laurens. Osment followed Owens with a double to left centerfield to bring home Stanley giving the Bulldogs a 7-0 lead after two innings. In the bottom of the third inning the Bulldogs added three more runs with two outs which also started when Quintero reached base on a bunt single. Hall brought Quintero home on a two-run homer to left centerfield giving the Bulldogs a 9-0 lead. Bristol followed Hall with a double to left field before McAbee, who was running for Bristol, scored on a single to left centerfield to make the Bulldogs lead 10-0 after three innings. Boiling Springs got another strong inning at the plate in the bottom of the fourth inning as they scored five runs that started with a triple to right field by Reese Smith, who then scored on a Kate Philbeck single to centerfield. Philbeck moved to second base on an infield single by Quintero before the Bulldogs loaded the bases when Hall worked a walk. With the bases loaded and in her final at-bat as a Bulldogs softball player, Ragan Bristol hit a towering grand slam over the left field wall that landed on the other side of the road that runs behind the field giving the Bulldogs a 15-0 lead. "These kids don't realize it now but when you do something like what Ragan did there on senior night she'll look back on it the rest of her life and tell her kids one day what she done on her senior night, her last game at home" said Piazza. "All of the seniors had great games: Sammy had the night of her life, Jaycie came up with a big hit, they all just done something special and it's something they'll all look back and be proud of years later. There's more to life than just softball and that's what we learned this year. I wouldn't take this year back for nothing." Olivia Hall started the game for the Bulldogs pitching two innings while striking out five different Raiders batters. Hailey Owens pitched the final three innings for the Bulldogs striking out two while also getting an amazing diving catch at second base by fellow senior Katie Roberts. All seven seniors came away with a hit on Thursday night as Samy Quintero, Olivia Hall, and Ragan Bristol reached base on all four of their plate appearances over four innings. Bristol led the Bulldogs in RBIs coming away with six RBIs in her final game while Osment and Hall came away with two RBIs each as well. Boiling Springs finishes the 2020 season with a 17-9 overall record while finishing 4-4 in region play. Comments are closed.
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