SPARTANBURG, SC - On Saturday, The Chesnee Eagles split a pair of games to finish the Steve Sanders Tournament with a 2-1 record.
"I'm proud of them, we played well,” said Chesnee head coach Scott Wease. “Always happy when you can pick up wins over tough competition." Chesnee started off the first game of the day with a 9-7 victory over Union County as they got off to a fast start as the first five batters reached in the top of the first inning with Jonah Epps hitting a RBI double and Carson Williamson driving in a run by drawing a bases loaded walk. The big blow came off the bat of Chesnee’s Jacob Webb who hit a two RBI double to put the Eagles up 4-0 after a half inning of play. Union County got a pair of runs back in the bottom half of the inning when Bryant Whitlock drove in a run on a fielder's choice and later stole second. The stolen base allowed him to score on Branson Cook's RBI double. Landon Thompson, Jonah Epps, and Davis Rising each singled to leadoff the top of the 2nd inning with Thompson scoring on a Tucker Johnson RBI sacrifice fly to put the Eagles up 5-1 through one and half innings of play. The lead set Eagles starter Jacob Webb cruise as he only allowed one hit over the next three innings on the mound. The Eagles backed Webb's effort by plating four runs in the top of the fourth inning to extend their lead to 9-2 over the Yellow Jackets. With one out in the inning, Chesnee saw six consecutive batters reach. Jonah Epps hit his second RBI double of the game and Carson Williamson picked up his second RBI with a single. Ethan Lawson had the big blow of the inning with a two RBI single that later proved to be the difference in the game. Union County scratched back into in the bottom of the fifth inning as they scored five runs as Nic Queen, TJ Betenbaugh, Bryant Whitlock, and Mason Small each collected an RBI. With the tying run at the plate for Union County, a ground out ended the game in the bottom of the sixth inning with two outs thanks to the time limit being reached. Eagles seniors Landon Thompson and Jonah Epps combined to go 5 of 7 with two RBIs and five runs scored. "They are our leaders,” said Wease. “They have played for us since the ninth grade and we expect big things out of them. They have done an excellent job the first three games and I'm excited to see what they can keep doing." The Spartanburg Vikings downed Chesnee 6-1 in the final game at Duncan Park of the Steve Sanders Tournament on Saturday. The Vikings jumped out front on a RBI groundout from Ian Squires. Spartanburg plated two more in the bottom of the third inning when Garrett Fulmer hit a RBI sac fly and Ian Squires hit a deep RBI double for his second RBI. Fulmer collected his second RBI of the game on his second RBI sacrifice fly of the game in the fifth inning to extend their lead to 4-0. Chesnee plated a run on a wild pitch in the sixth inning. In the bottom half of the inning Dontarian Davis drove in a run after laying down a nice bunt and the Vikings plated another run on the play thanks to an errant throw to reach the final score of 6-1. On Friday, Chesnee picked up a 7-2 win over Woodruff. Chesnee was without the services of senior Luke Hollifield who had his own excitement this weekend as he earned All-State honors in the 120lbs class at the AA State Wrestling Tournament thanks to a third place finish. Chesnee will be back in action on Friday at 3:00pm as they play Hanahan to open the SCBA Sandlapper Shootout at Gilbert High School. Comments are closed.
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