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A dominant performance on the mound last week salvaged a rough run for the Beaufort High baseball team, and revisiting a rivalry kept the momentum going.
After Hudson Mullen blanked Philip Simmons to earn a key Region 8-3A split, Dylan Rast and Gunner Hollingsworth turned in strong pitching performances, and Beaufort’s bats broke out as the Eagles swept Battery Creek 16-1 and 11-2 in a home-and-home series.
Rast struck out eight in a four-inning complete game Tuesday, allowing just two hits and two walks, while Will Herron, Jadyn Andrews, and Tanner Altman each had two of Beaufort’s 12 hits in a 16-1 rout.
Hollingsworth helped Beaufort finish the sweep Thursday — a day earlier than scheduled due to heavy rain in the forecast for Friday — by racking up 14 strikeouts over six innings against his former team, limiting the Dolphins to four hits and a walk in an 11-2 win. Rast and Logan Brutcher each had two hits and scored twice.
The sweep was sandwiched around an 11-1 win at Savannah Christian on Wednesday in which Malcolm Webb allowed just one hit over five innings, while Herron went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, and Brutcher and Rast each had two hits and drove in two runs.
The Eagles’ four-game win streak ended with a 10-0 loss at Bishop England on Monday, dropping Beaufort to 7-6 heading into the H.I.T. Tournament starting Monday in Charleston.
