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With her future plans secured on signing day in November, Beaufort High softball star Kylie Rast has nothing to worry about this spring but pitching. And maybe a little hitting, for good measure.
The North Greenville signee began her senior season with a flare Monday night, racking up 16 strikeouts in a one-hit shutout and adding a triple and a run at the plate in a 3-0 home win over West Ashley.
The Wildcats managed a leadoff single and a walk to start the game, but Rast worked out of the jam with a pair of strikeouts sandwiched around a fly ball to center, and the Eagles put together a two-out rally in the bottom half to plate two runs with catcher Caylin Adkins delivering an RBI double.
That was more than Rast needed. She sat down nine straight batters before issuing a leadoff walk in the fourth and needing to get out of trouble after a catcher’s interference call put two runners on. It was smooth sailing from there, as she struck out the side in order in the fifth and capped off the shutout with a weak grounder back to the mound.
The Eagles (1-0) travel to Stratford on Wednesday before taking on Battery Creek in a Region 8-3A series March 19 and March 22. The Dolphins dropped their opener 15-5 to Bluffton on Monday.
