After going scoreless on Friday night the Boiling Springs baseball team got their bats going early defeating Northwestern 8-0 on Monday night to stay alive in the 5A playoffs.
"We hit a lot better tonight than we did Friday night," said Bulldogs head coach Jeff Lipscomb. "We had a lot of kids just trying too hard so we done a lot of work today in batting practice working on the basics." After keeping the Trojans off the scoreboard in top of the first inning the Bulldogs got to work in the bottom half of the inning as with one out Tristan Smith reached base on a Northwestern error. Smith moved to third base on a double to left field by Will Holmes before scoring on a sacrifice fly by Vance Wagner to put the Bulldogs up 1-0. Riley Douglas, who was pinch running for Holmes, made the score 2-0 when he came home from third on a single to right field by Hudson Wilson at the end of the first inning. Jimmy Rosengrant started the bottom of the second inning with a single to centerfield before stealing second base and coming around to score on a double down the right field line by Luke Compton giving the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead. Compton was followed by Jamison Bagwell and Avery Stewart to load the bases before Compton got thrown out at home on a fielder's choice to second base by Davis Starnes. With the bases loaded and one out the Bulldogs got their big hit of the inning when Tristan Smith hit a double down the left field line to clear the bases bringing home Bagwell, Stewart, and Starnes to give the Bulldogs a 6-0 lead when the second inning was over. "Tristan is a free swinger," said Lipscomb. "He started off real hot early this season but kind of cooled off some here lately. It's good to see him get some big hits tonight and I'm really proud of him." Hudson Wilson started off the third inning with a walk before coming around to score with two outs on an Avery Stewart single to right field to give the Bulldogs a 7-0 lead. Wilson pushed the Bulldogs lead to 8-0 in the fifth inning when he started the inning getting hit by a pitch before coming around to score on a sacrifice fly to left field by Jamison Bagwell. While the Bulldogs bats came out strong they also got good nights on the mound from their pitchers. Will Holmes started the game off going four and two-thirds innings striking out five while only allowing three hits. "Will is as good of a pitcher as I've had here," said Lipscomb. "I think he's 8-0 now and a leader. He just loves to compete and win." They also got strong pitching performances from Dylan Anderson who pitched an inning and a third striking out one while only allowing a hit. Landon Ellis pitched the final inning for the Bulldogs not allowing a hit and striking out the first batter he faced. The Bulldogs will now turn their focus to a Byrnes team, who fell to Hillcrest on Monday night 8-0 and the Bulldogs have faced three times already this season and fell to on Friday night in an eight inning game that was a nail biter. The game against Byrnes will be held at Bulldogs Park on Wednesday night as the winner will travel to Hillcrest, where they will have to beat the Rams twice, for a chance at a spot in the Upper State championship series. Comments are closed.
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