LowcoSports.com
After slogging through a brutal non-region schedule and limping into the playoffs on a five-game losing streak, Beaufort High’s baseball team picked the right time to get right.
Malcolm Webb and Zack Talbert combined on a five-hit shutout, and Talbert, Mason Connelly, and Hudson Mullen each had two hits to lead the Eagles to a 4-0 home win over Gilbert on Tuesday to open the Class 3A playoffs.
The Eagles scraped across a run in the second inning and tacked on three more in the third on Mullen’s two-run single and a Carter Bowersox squeeze bunt to score Logan Brutcher.
That was plenty of support for Webb, who went five strong innings and allowed five hits with four strikeouts, and Talbert closed the door with two perfect innings and two strikeouts.
Beaufort (12-12) caught a break and will host Loris on Thursday after the Lions upset top-seeded Lake City 5-3 on the road Tuesday.
Battery Creek dropped its opener 8-1 at Brookland-Cayce and will travel to Camden for an elimination game Thursday.
