Boiling Springs junior Olivia Hall pitched to three batters on Wednesday night recording three straight outs and that was three more outs than she recorded at the plate as she hit three homeruns to lead the Bulldogs to a 19-4 win over the visiting Spartanburg Vikings. Hall finished her night with three homeruns including a grand slam and recording eight RBI's.
"I was just looking for my pitch and it seemed like each one I was looking for was what the pitcher was throwing," said Hall. "I was able to get the bat to hit the ball and it just went from there. I just came into the game thinking that tonight was going to be my night." After retiring the top of the order with two strikeouts and a groundout to the pitcher the Boiling Springs bats got going in the bottom of the half scoring ten runs in the first inning. After AD Raines reached safely on a single to right field to start the game Olivia Hall hit her first homerun of the game to left field giving the Bulldogs an early 2-0 lead. After getting a run on a wild pitch and a bases loaded walk by Hailey Owens brought home Kate Philbeck to put the score at 4-0 the Bulldogs made the lead 6-0 when Alexis McFalls hit a double to left field bringing home Abbie Threatt and Jacie Osment. The Bulldogs made it 8-0 when AD Raines hit a single through the right side of the infield brining home both Owens and McFalls to add to the Boiling Springs lead. With Raines and Hall on base Bulldogs catcher Ragan Bristol hit a single to left field bring home both runners and putting the Boiling Springs lead at 10-0 after the first inning. "We came out of the box hitting the ball well tonight," said Bulldogs head coach Randy Piazza. "Olivia had a big night at the plate for us and I loved how we hit the ball as a team tonight. These players have been working hard in the cages and it's starting to show as we're getting production throughout the whole lineup. It's also great that we got a chance to get a lot of kids in the game tonight." After Spartanburg was able to add three runs in the top of the second inning the Bulldogs offense went back to work in the bottom half of the second inning scoring six runs. Osment was able to get the Bulldogs first run of the inning scoring on a wild pitch to put Boiling Springs up 11-3. With the bases loaded the Bulldogs Hall stepped to the plate again this time hitting a grand slam to left field scoring Owens, McFalls, and Raines while putting the Boiling Springs lead at 15-3 that they extended to 16-3 before the inning was over. In the top of the third Spartanburg added another run to put the game at 16-4 in favor of the Bulldogs but Boiling Springs wasn't done with the bats. In the bottom of the third inning Kati Roberts singled to centerfield before Hall stepped up to the plate two batters later and hit a long homerun to centerfield giving the Bulldogs an 18-4 lead. In the bottom of the fourth inning the Bulldogs were able to add another run to put the final score at 19-4 in favor of Boiling Springs. With Boiling Springs getting a big lead after the first inning it allowed them to remove pitcher Olivia Hall and get some work for fellow pitchers Hailey Owens and Bri Stanley who pitched well for the Bulldogs on Wednesday night. "It was big for us to get all three pitchers some work tonight as it is for any team," said Piazza. "We tried to get them all some work in the scrimmages and then when you get an opportunity like this you have to take advantage of it because you never know when you'll need any of the pitchers moving forward." Boiling Springs will next play in a tournament at Crescent High School this weekend before returning home on Tuesday night to face Hillcrest. Comments are closed.
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