The Chesnee Lady Eagles gave new softball head coach Tripp Fogle the start to his coaching career that he wanted in a 5-2 win over Woodruff, a good team win with timely hitting mixed with good pitching and defense.
"I am just proud of our girls," said Coach Fogle about winning his first game as head coach. "They are warriors and they work hard. It is nice to get that first win." Chesnee got things started in the top of the first as Sam Carver lead off with a walk and advanced to second base on a Hannah Henderson sacrifice bunt. Mattie Martin followed with a sharp single to left field before promptly stealing second base. The Lady Eagles were able to take advantage of two Lady Wolverine wild pitches to plate both Carver and Martin. The two early runs gave Chesnee pitcher Paige Scruggs momentum going into the bottom of the first and she would send the Lady Wolverines down in order with the last two outs coming via fly-outs to her sister Ali Scruggs. In the top of the second, a walk by Olivia Gardner and back to back singles by Ali Scruggs and Sam Carver would load the bases for the Lady Eagles. They could only manage one run though as Woodruff's Olivia Patton got two straight pop ups to end the threat before anymore damage could be done. In the bottom half of the inning the Lady Wolverines responded as a walk by Brooke Bailey and a Chesnee error followed by an RBI single by Natalie Montjoy cut Chesnee's lead to 3-1 after two innings of play The Lady Eagles led off the top of the third with back to back singles from Sierra Bowen and Becca Watson while Kyleigh Thompson followed with a sacrifice to advance both runners before a wild pitch would plate Bowen. Pitcher Paige Scruggs would help her own cause on a RBI bunt single that brought home Watson to give Chesnee a 5-1 lead in the middle of the third inning. The Lady Wolverines once again responded with back to back to back singles wtih the last one coming from Olivia Patton that drove in Madison Jacobi. The Lady Eagles were able to cut down Haley Knox at the plate with a beautiful relay throw from center field to limit the damage to one run. The Chesnee defense was solid behind Scruggs all night as she consistently pitched to contact. "Our focus is to pitch well and play good defense," Coach Fogle said. "I'm really proud of Kyleigh for stepping up in centerfield after Shenandoah Bishop got hurt in practice. All our girls played great on defense tonight." Brooke Bailey lead off the bottom of the fourth inning with a single and that would be the last hit Scruggs would allow for the remainder of the game. Paige Scruggs would finish her complete game effort by sending the Lady Wolverines down in order in the bottom of the seventh. Scruggs scattered five hits on the night while only giving up two runs and recording three strikeouts in seven innings of work. "I told our other two pitchers to warm up in the fourth inning and I think Paige took that as a little bit of a challenge,". Coach Fogle said. "She did exactly what she has done all preseason and last year: throw strikes and let her defense play." Chesnee got contributions from every hitter in the lineup whether it was a hit, a walk or a sacrifice. "We have faith in all of our girls," Coach Fogle said. "If you wear a Chesnee uniform we have faith you can get it done." Chesnee will host R-S Central in their home opener on Wednesday night at 6:30pm Comments are closed.
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