On Monday night the Boiling Springs baseball team kicked off their final three game region series before spring break with a hard fought 6-4 victory over Nation Ford behind an impressive game at the plate from junior Tristan Smith.
"That's a big win as Nation Ford is a quality baseball team," said Bulldogs head coach Jeff Lipscomb. "We got an early lead behind two big hits from Tristan and we just had a great team effort. We started out slow this season but we just keep getting better and I'm just really proud of all nineteen of our guys." After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the first inning the Bulldogs bats responded as Davis Starnes walked and came around to score on the next at-bat when Tristan Smith hit a homerun over the centerfield wall to give the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead. The Bulldogs still lead 2-1 when they got their bats back to work in the bottom of the second inning as with one out in the inning Avery Stewart singled before moving over to third base on a double by Davis Starnes. With two runners on Tristan Smith returned to the plate for a replay of his first at-bat as he took a Falcons pitch to straight centerfield to give Boiling Springs a 5-1 lead at the end of the second inning. "Tristan is just a natural and he has talents that you just can't coach," said Lipscomb. "God has given that young man a lot of talent, whether it's swinging the bat or throwing a baseball, he's just got the 'it' factor. If he wasn't a great pitcher he could probably play college baseball as just an outfielder because that's the type of talent that he possesses." Nation Ford was able to narrow the lead to 5-4 but the Bulldogs got some great relief pitching from Carter Sloand who pitched the final three innings for the Bulldogs without allowing a run. Lipscomb said that having pitchers with the talent that his team has, that he can call on at any point is a blessing to have as a coach. "We feel like we're blessed with the amount of kids we have on this team that can come in and throw strikes to get people out," said Lipscomb. "I think we have six arms that can come in at anytime in a game. We struggled early on with defense and even though they were throwing strikes we weren't making the plays in the field. When we play defense like we did tonight it takes pressure off our pitchers when they know their defense is going to make those plays and if we keep getting better we're going to be alright." Boiling Springs added an insurance run in the bottom of the fifth inning when Hudson Wilson reached base on a walk before stealing second base and coming around to score on a Falcons error to put the Bulldogs lead at 6-4. The Bulldogs and Falcons will play again Tuesday night at Nation Ford in a game originally scheduled for Wednesday, due to the threat of rain on Wednesday. Comments are closed.
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