The Boiling Springs baseball team used their final game of the Steve Sanders Preseason Tournament to showcase their best game as they defeated Chesnee 6-0 behind an impressive pitching out from left hander Will Holmes.
Holmes was dialed in early as he totaled six strikeouts over the first two innings and pitched four and two-third innings with ten strikeouts without allowing a run before being pulled from the game in the fifth inning. "Will was spot on tonight getting his secondary pitches over along with his fastball," said Bulldogs head coach Jeff Lipscomb. "When he can locate, which he does most of the time, he is a left handed pitcher that is hard to beat." The Bulldogs got on the board in the bottom of the first inning after left fielder Avery Stewart reached base on a walk and later came around to score on a Chesnee wild pitch to go up 1-0. In the second inning Boiling Springs used their speed on the base paths to generate runs as they stole four bases in the inning allowing first baseman Jamison Bagwell to score on a single by third baseman Davis Starnes and Starnes later coming around to score on a single by second baseman Jimmy Rosengrant. In total the Bulldogs accounted for nine stolen bases on Monday night which Lipscomb said was part of the plan coming into the game. "We try to be aggressive on the bases," said Lipscomb. "I think the more aggressive we are the better of a team that we are so we've tried to push that and since its been a year since these kids have played in a game we're trying to get them in an aggressive mindset." After jumping ahead 3-0 after the first two innings the Bulldogs were held scoreless until the bottom of the sixth inning when they were able to add three more runs. The inning got started when Davis Starnes walked and advanced to second on a stolen base. He was followed by Brent Fowler who reached base after being hit by a pitch and was joined on base by Jimmy Rosengrant who reached base on a Chesnee error. Avery Stewart followed Rosengrant with a single to bring home Starnes before Fowler scored on a groundout to shortstop. The Bulldogs added another run on a hit to left field by Tristan Smith to expand their lead to 6-0 over Chesnee. Lipscomb said that with his team being away from the field for a year it was nice to have this tournament to knock off some of the rust of not playing for that long of a period. "It's great to have this tournament to knock the rust off because we were full of rust our first two games," said Lipscomb with a laugh. "We haven't played in a year and with no open season if you don't stay with it this game has a way of humbling you. We're going to stick with it though and take it one game at a time." While they came away with the loss Chesnee had some bright spots on Monday night especially the play of third baseman Jonah Epps who made a great handed stab to start a double play that saw him step on third for an out before making a strong throw to first base to beat the Bulldogs runner to the bag. He also made a great play to tag out a Bulldogs runner in the second inning from a rundown. Boiling Springs will return to play on March 15th when they travel to Byrnes to start regular season play while Chesnee will also return to play on March 15th in a road matchup against Woodruff. Comments are closed.
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