BOILING SPRINGS, SC - Boiling Springs senior pitcher Tristan Smith proved that he hadn't lost a beat over the school's recent spring break and in fact may have only gotten stronger as he pitched a seven-inning shutout to give the Bulldogs a 5-0 victory over Gaffney in another key region matchup on Monday night.
Smith looked very dominate in his performance on Monday as he struck out seventeen batters in seven innings while throwing only 104 pitches. Boiling Springs head coach Jeff Lipscomb said that Monday's performance was the best performance he's ever seen from his senior pitcher while playing for the school. "Tristan was as good as I've ever seen him pitch at Boiling Springs High School tonight," said Lipscomb. "It's good to see that from him and he just had it tonight. Sometimes it's just not fair having to face an arm like that and when he goes to seven innings, we're a very dangerous team." While Smith was strong on the mound, he also had some key bats on the offensive side of the ball. In the bottom of the first inning the Bulldogs Luke Compton started his at-bat off with a perfectly placed bunt down the third base line for a hit and he was followed by Hudson Wilson who worked a walk to put runners at first and second base for the Bulldogs with no outs. Smith followed Wilson and soon made the game 3-0 in favor of the Bulldogs when he took the first pitch he saw over the right centerfield wall for a homerun, putting Boiling Springs ahead early. Boiling Springs added to their lead in the bottom of the second inning when Jackson Reel singled to rightfield with one out before advancing to third base on a Gaffney error and coming around to score on a single to centerfield by Luke Compton to push the Bulldogs lead to 4-0. With one out in the fourth inning, Boiling Springs saw Compton work a walk before advancing to second base on a single by Hudson Wilson and eventually coming around to score on a single down the leftfield line by Tristan Smith to give the Bulldogs a 5-0 lead. Smith had four RBIs in the game, with three of those runs being scored by Compton and Wilson. Lipscomb said that he's been very happy with the performance of his first two hitters in the lineup, Luke Compton and Hudson Wilson, so far this season. "Luke is becoming a lot better leadoff hitter for us as this is something new for him," said Lipscomb. "He started the game with a great drag bunt and then we had Hudson work a walk. Hudson is a great number two hitter and just a gritty type player. If the game is on the line he's one of those guys I want batting and both our leadoff guys have been doing a great job for us there at the top of the lineup." With the victory the Bulldogs improve to 2-2 in region play after dropping two tough games to Clover just before spring break and the Bulldogs are keeping their eyes looking forward to all the things they want to accomplish this season. "This series is huge and after losing two games to Clover last week winning the region is going to be tough but still have a lot ahead of us," said Lipscomb. "If we can't win the region then we'll then focus on just winning our district, the Upper State, and ultimately the state championship which is our goal. Winning the region was fun last year and we'll do what we can but our ultimate goal is winning a state championship." Boiling Springs will now travel to Gaffney on Wednesday for a road region matchup before returning home on Friday to finish out the series with the Indians. Comments are closed.
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