CENTRAL, S.C. – Monday marked a road trip for the Chapman Panthers softball team as they faced Daniel in a 3A Upper State elimination game. On this evening, a go-ahead hit paired with a strong pitching performance lifted Chapman to a 3-1 victory over the Lions.
With runners on the corners and two outs in the second, Sam McPhail smacked an opposite field, two-RBI single to right that drove in Abby Gossett and Rylan Ivey for an early Chapman lead. McPhail also scored in the frame on a Lion error and gave the Panthers a three-run advantage. “We’ve got people one through nine (in the lineup) and even on the bench that can come in and do a job for us at the plate,” said Chapman head coach Casey Green. “Just making that timely contact is big, knowing that she only needed a hit and didn’t need to kill the ball. All she needed to do was force it out of the infield and that’s what she did.” Reagan Garrett posted a solid outing in the circle, tossing a complete game and holding the Lions to a run on seven hits on the night. She worked out of a two on, none out situation in the second with a strikeout, fly out, and groundout in succession. A Daniel runner moved into scoring position via an error in the fourth, but Garrett snared a liner hit back up the middle and then fired it to second for an inning-ending double play to keep it a 3-0 score. The Lions plated a run in the sixth on a delayed double steal that made it a 3-1 game, but that proved to be the final margin. “Rae (Garrett) pitched a great game,” Green stated. “She threw well and threw hard. She had to take a bandage off her wrist… and I think that kind of lit a fire under her. The team came back (on Monday) and had a good vibe. They even told me once they got to the field to hit that they were feeling good.” At the plate, Ivey and Kenslie Edwards each recorded an opposite field double, while three more Lady Panthers – Gossett, Sophie Whitley, and Autumn Fisher – also notched a base hit during the game. Next up for Chapman (21-6) is an elimination game on the road against the Wren Hurricanes on Wednesday, slated for a 6:00 PM start. The winner advances to the Upper State Championship series on Friday. Comments are closed.
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