GREEVILLE, SC - After getting a strong outing from Tristan Smith on Tuesday night, Boiling Springs senior pitcher Landon Ellis wasn't going to be outdone as he gave the Bulldogs an impressive pitching performance himself to defeat the number one seed JL Mann 7-3 on Thursday night allowing the Bulldogs to advance to the district championship game on Monday.
Ellis pitched six and two third innings for the Bulldogs limiting the Patriots to three runs on ten hits while striking out three batters in 105 pitches. With the Bulldogs knowing what was on the line, they didn't take much time getting their bats going on Thursday night as they scored two runs in the top of the first inning as Luke Compton started off the game with an infield single for the Bulldogs. He eventually came around to score on double to leftfield by Tristan Smith that gave Boiling Springs a 1-0 lead. The Bulldogs made the score 2-0 when Jackson Cole hit a single to the outfield and Smith who raced around third base dodged a tag at the plate to extend the Boiling Springs lead. Boiling Springs added three more runs in the top of the third inning to push their lead to 5-1 over the Patriots after JL Mann scored one in the bottom of the second inning. With one out in the inning, Hudson Wilson hit a ball that landed about ten feet short of a homerun but ended up coming away with a double. Rylee Douglas, who came on to run for Wilson, and Tristan Smith who was walked in the next at-bat advanced to second and third base on a wild pitch to Davis Starnes before Starnes walked to load the bases. With the bases loaded, Jackson Cole worked a six pitch walk to score Douglas and give the Bulldogs a 3-1 lead with the bases still loaded. Jackson Reel followed Cole with a single to left field that scored Tristan Smith to give the Bulldogs a 4-1 lead over the Patriots before Ashton Smith brought home Jackson Cole on a groundout to shortstop to push the Boiling Springs lead to 5-1 over JL Mann. The Bulldogs added two more runs in the top of the fifth inning to extend their lead to 7-1 over the Patriots as Davis Starnes started the fifth inning by getting hit by a pitch before advancing to second base on a groundout. Starnes pushed the Bulldogs lead to 6-1 when he scored from second base on a Jackson Reel single to right field. Reel advanced to third base on a single to leftfield by Brent Fowler before scoring on a single up the middle by Justin Dawkins to push the Bulldogs lead to six runs over the Patriots. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, Ellis gave up a single to the Patriots to put runners at first and third base on his 105th pitch of the game before being pulled from the game to a nice ovation from the Boiling Springs crowd. The Bulldogs brought in Jackson Cole to close out the game as he used three pitches to strike out the final Patriots batter of the game and sealed the victory for the Bulldogs. Boiling Springs will now sit at home for the next three days while Northwestern, who defeated Byrnes on Thursday night, and JL Mann battle in an elimination game at JL Mann on Saturday. The winner of that game will then travel to Boiling Springs on Monday having to beat the Bulldogs twice for a chance at playing in the Upper State championship series. Comments are closed.
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