Rast, Eagles still alive in playoffs
LowcoSports.com
Right about the time the Beaufort High baseball team was building up to a walkoff win to claim a district title, the Eagles’ softball team hit a surge to keep its season alive.
Beaufort rallied for four runs in the bottom of the sixth to stun visiting Waccamaw 6-4 and advance to the district championship, where the Eagles will have to win twice at Marlboro County on Wednesday to advance to the Class 3A Lower State bracket.
Kylie Rast went 2-for-4 with a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth and earned the win in relief, catching a weak popup on the infield for the final out to seal the win. Riley Brozek added a pair of hits and an RBI, and Caylin Adkins was 2-for-2 with a walk for Beaufort.
Rast led off the bottom of the first with a rope down the left-field line for a triple and scored on Adalyn Johnson’s grounder before Brozek roped a double to plate Johnson and make it 2-0.
Johnson gave Rast a respite and gave the Eagles 4⅓ strong innings in the circle, striking out six and allowing three runs, six hits, and one walk. The Warriors touched her up for three runs in the third to take the lead, but she was able to keep Waccamaw off the board for another inning before giving way to Rast with one out in the fifth.
Rast worked out of a jam to strand a runner at third, but an Eagles error in the sixth gave the Warriors an important insurance run and a 4-2 lead with Beaufort down to its last three outs. Brozek led off the sixth with a single and Adkins walked before a Waccamaw error opened the floodgates. Erin Dolan drew a bases-loaded walk to tie it at 4, then Rast blooped a single down the right-field line to give the Eagles the lead and they tacked on one more run.
Rast didn’t need it. She sat down the first two batters on strikes and induced a weak popup back to the circle to slam the door and send the Eagles into a daunting doubleheader in Bennettsville on Wednesday.
SOFTBALL
Wednesday, May 3
Class 3A
Beaufort 6, Brookland-Cayce 1
Swansea 10, Battery Creek 4
Class 1A
Latta 26, Whale Branch 0
Hannah-Pamplico 18, Bridges Prep 0
Friday, May 5
SCHSL 3A
Marlboro Co. 2, Beaufort 1
SCHSL 2A
Kingstree 13, Wade Hampton 3
SCHSL 1A
Palmetto Scholars 15, Whale Branch 0
Bridges Prep 15, Hemingway 0
Monday, May 8
Class 3A
Beaufort 6, Waccamaw 4
Class 1A
Lowcountry Leadership 18, Bridges Prep 6
