SPARTANBURG, SC - In the opening game of the Steve Sanders Memorial Tournament at Duncan Park, the Greenville Red Raiders downed the Chesnee Eagles 6-5 in five innings.
Carson Williamson hit a leadoff triple for the Eagles in their first at-bats of the game before later scoring on a Tucker Johnson RBI single giving Chesnee an early 1-0 lead. Greenville responded with three runs in the bottom of the first inning as Cameron Barnhardt tied the game with a RBI double. Noah Wallace gave the Red Raiders the lead on a RBI single that drove in Barnhardt before Wallace later scored on a RBI single by Rush Sheppard. The Red Raiders tacked on another run in the bottom of the second inning thanks to the legs of Benjamin Wilson as he hit a single and later stole second and third bases. He later scored on a RBI sacrifice fly by Brayden Renfrow to make it 4-1 in favor of Greenville. Chesnee bounced back in the top of the fourth inning by sending all nine batters to the plate. Dawson Pruitt scored the first run on a wild pitch before Carson Gossett and Carson Williamson each drove in a run with two-out RBI singles. Kohen Orr delivered the big blow with a two-out RBI double to give Chesnee their first lead since the first inning at 5-4 over the Red Raiders. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Noah Wallace tied the game with his legs after drawing a two out walk. He later stole second and third bases before scoring on a wild pitch. Jackson Turpin scored the winning run for the Red Raiders after KJ Haynes reached base on a Chesnee error. The Eagles will be back in action on Saturday at 11:30 AM as they face Mauldin at Duncan Park. Greenville will open day two at Duncan Park at 9:00 AM when they face Spartanburg to open up the second day of play in the tournament. Comments are closed.
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