Chesnee used an all-around performance on Monday night to defeat Gaffney 10-0 in six innings on Monday night, their second win of the day.
"We played them last Friday and weren't pleased with our performance as a team," said Chesnee head coach Tripp Fogle. "We wanted to make sure we played the right way tonight and didn't do anything to beat ourselves." The Eagles got the scoring started in the bottom of the first inning as Ali Scruggs, Maddie Handy, and Sam Carver each hit consecutive one out singles to load the bases. With the bases loaded Shenandoah Bishop drove in a run as Scruggs beat out a fielder's choice attempt at home to put the Eagles up 1-0. Hannah Henderson followed two batters later with the biggest blow of the inning, a three RBI double just inside the third base bag. "I was trying to be focused and see the pitch," said Henderson. "I got up there ready and was able to make solid contact." The Eagles got a shutdown inning out of Sam Carver as she sent the Indians down in order as she continued a streak of six straight batters retired. Handy and Carver once again came up with big hits in the bottom of the second inning as Handy drove in Paige Scruggs with a double while Carver drove in Handy with a single to give Chesnee a 6-0 lead after two innings of play. After a one out single by Annaleigh Gibson for the Indians in the top of the third inning, Carver retired eleven of the final twelve batters faced to hold the Indians off the scoreboard. Chesnee tacked on another run in the bottom of the third inning on a Kyleigh Thompson RBI sacrifice. Hannah Henderson continued her impressive game in the top of the fifth with a leadoff single before later scoring on Nicole Helton's single to shallow right field. Ali Scruggs later drove in Helton to make the score 9-0 but the Indians done a good job of limiting the damage to keep the score at 9-0. Sam Carver reached for the third time in the game but this one was the most painful one as she was hit by a pitch in the non-throwing arm to reach base to start the sixth inning. Shenandoah Bishop followed with a double to put runners at second and third before Henderson ended the game two batters later with a RBI single to put the Eagles ahead 10-0. Hannah Henderson had a big night at the plate for the Eagles as she went three for five with four RBIs that included a double along with a scored run. "Hannah had been in a slump by her standards but she has been working hard in the cage and at her mental approach," said Fogle. "We knew it was coming, it was just a matter of when she would break through." Maddie Handy also had an impressive night at the plate for the Eagles as she went three of four with a double and a RBI along with a run scored. Sam Carver pitched a complete game shutout with seven strikeouts while scattering three hits and only allowing one runner to reach second base. In the first game of the day Chesnee picked up a win over Woodruff by a score of 1-0 in a game that saw Ali Scruggs pitch a complete game no hitter while striking out eight Wolverine batters. "She was absolutely on with all of her pitches working," said Fogle. "She was hitting her locations and kept her focus throughout the whole game." The Eagles will be back in action next Tuesday when they host St Joseph's with a 5 PM scheduled first pitch. Comments are closed.
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