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The Beaufort High baseball team turned the page on Monday thinking it still had work to do to finish off a pesky Gilbert team.
The Eagles woke up district champions.
Moments after Beaufort rallied for three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, lightning flashes brought the game to a halt, and the ensuing rain ensured they weren’t finishing it Monday. It turns out it was already over.
With the home team batting in the fifth inning with the lead, the game was ruled official, sending the Eagles on to the Class 3A Lower State tournament with a 5-3 win.
The Indians jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning, but Beaufort pulled one back in the bottom half. Each team tacked on a run in the fourth, but with storms threatening on the horizon, the Eagles found their offense in the fifth.
Logan Brutcher beat out an infield single and Hudson Mullen singled to left to set the table, then Jadyn Andrews roped a double to tie it, and Gunner Hollingsworth followed with a two-run double to left to put Beaufort on top just ahead of the storms.
It wasn’t until Tuesday morning that the Eagles realized they didn’t have to come back and finish the job, instead taking their place in the Lower State bracket starting Thursday.
Dylan Rast threw an abbreviated complete game in the clincher, giving the Eagles (15-12) three complete game victories in three postseason games along with gems from Malcolm Webb in a 3-2 win over Georgetown on Tuesday and Hollingsworth in a 6-3 victory at Gilbert on Thursday.
