Chesnee softball fell to Byrnes 2-1 on Friday night in the championship game of the Byrnes Preseason softball tournament.
"I'm proud of our effort,” said Chesnee head coach Tripp Fogle. “We left some runs out there. All three of our pitchers did great but we just made some mistakes defensively. I told them after the game that I was proud we didn't let those mistakes define us.” The Eagles finished the tournament with a 2-1 record with wins over Clover and defending AAA Upper State champions Union County. Both starting pitchers got off to a hot start as Byrnes' Hailee Whitesides and Chesnee's Paige Scruggs both breezed through the first inning. Maddie Handy and Shenandoah Bishop each drew one out walks for the Eagles in the top of the second inning but were stranded at second and third base when the inning came to an end. After Molly Mattas led off the inning with a double and McKinna Taylor followed with a single as Byrnes scored the game's first run of the game as Haylee Hart, who was running for Mattas, scored on a Chesnee error. Scrugg's two innings of work came to an end when Sam Carver took over in the circle in the bottom half of the third inning. Carver got two great defensive plays in the inning as the first was sparked by Carver's own great grab on a liner back to the circle followed by her doubling up a runner off first. Hannah Henderson made the second great play as she made a strong throw to cutdown a potential Rebels base stealer. Chesnee loaded the bases in the top of the fourth as Paige Scruggs and Shenandoah Bishop each singled which was followed by a walk from Emily Pruett but a groundout allowed the Rebels to escape unscathed. Carver allowed two base runners in the bottom of the fourth but just like the Eagles earlier the Rebels couldn't capitalize. After a two out single in the bottom of the fifth by Ansley Fowler the Rebels added a second run on a Haylee Whitesides RBI double to the left field fence. Paige Scruggs reached base for the second time to leadoff the top of the sixth, this time she earned first base after being grazed by a Whitesides pitch. She later came around to score on an Emily Pruett RBI single to cut the Byrnes lead in half at 2-1. Maddie Handy pitched a perfect frame in the sixth inning for the Eagles while Whitesides done the same for the Rebels in the top of the seventh to finish off the win. Haylee Whitesides finished with a complete game allowing only one run and three hits. "Whitesides had a lot to do with our issues at the plate,” said Fogle. “She is the best pitcher we have faced and may be the best pitcher we face all year." The Eagles trio of pitchers combined to surrender only two runs on five hits. Chesnee will return to action on Tuesday night as they start off region play at Blacksburg with a 7:00pm scheduled first pitch. Comments are closed.
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