In the first two games of the Crescent tournament Boiling Springs saw their leads slip away in the final innings but on Saturday afternoon they left no doubt defeating Daniel 17-3 behind six RBIs and a complete game from the circle by Bri Stanley. In the previous two games the Bulldogs had bad luck strike them late twice as they fell to Crescent 7-2 after leading 2-1 through five and fell to Ninety-Six 3-1 after leading 1-0 most of the game.
On Saturday afternoon the Bulldogs jumped out to another lead as they led 5-0 when the top of the first inning was over. The scoring got started when Olivia Hall and Ragan Bristol came around to score on a hit by Stanley to shortstop to put the Bulldogs up 2-0 early. Boiling Springs added to their lead on the next at-bat when Jaycie Osment hit a single to right field scoring Kate Philbeck and Bri McAbee, who was pinch running for Stanley, to put the Bulldogs lead at 4-0. Alexis McFalls put the Boiling Springs lead at 5-0 when she singled to centerfield bringing home Osment and giving the Bulldogs a good head start in the game. After being kept silent in the second inning the Bulldogs bats got back to work in the top of the third inning still leading 5-0 over the Lions. McFalls reached base on a Daniel error before being brought home on a hit to centerfield by AD Raines to put the Boiling Springs lead at 6-0 after three innings. The top of the fourth inning was the difference maker for the Bulldogs as they scored eleven runs in the top of the inning to really put the distance between themselves and the Lions. The first hit of the inning came on a double to centerfield, the first of three in a row, by Philbeck and she was brought home by Stanley who also doubled to centerfield before coming around to score on an Osment double to put the Bulldogs lead at 8-1. The Bulldogs were then able to reach base on three straight Daniel errors and extended the lead to 10-1 before Hall singled to centerfield to score McFalls and make the Boiling Springs lead 11-1 with only one out. Bristol followed Hall's at-bat with a double to centerfield to score Raines and was followed by Philbeck who doubled home Hall to give the Bulldogs a 14-1 lead. In the very next at-bat on a one-and-one pitch Stanley hit a homerun to left field bringing home both Philbeck and Bristol to put the Bulldogs lead at 17-1 after four innings. While Stanley had a very impressive game at the plate she also had a good game from the circle limiting the Lions to only three runs on four hits while striking out six batters on Saturday afternoon. Boiling Springs will return to action on Tuesday night as they welcome in Hillcrest for another region matchup. Comments are closed.
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