Socastee wins playoff opener at Bluffton by a score of 9-6 behind the combined pitching of Kyle Presley, Travers Woodward (gets the win), and Gunnar Kines and an explosive 4th inning where the Braves scored 8 runs on 8 hits.
The Braves fell behind 2-0 in the 2nd and were struggling at the plate until their 2nd time through the lineup. In the top of the 4th, Jake Davis led off with a double, Travers Woodward drove him in with a single, Gunnar Kines followed with a double and were driven in by Tim Starkey's 2RBI hit. Then an RBI single by Walker Darnell, single by Charlie Nicholson, RBI single by Matt McKinney, Justin Vreeland was hit by a pitch, sac fly by Jake Davis and then another RIBI single by Travers Woodward and they have an 8-2 lead.
In the bottom of the 4th the Bobcats scored a couple and Travers Woodward was brought in relief. He gave up 1 run and then shut them down until the 7th.
In the top of the 7th we got the first two runners on, Jake Davis was HBP and then another single by Travers Woodward. After a couple of outs Jake scored on a mishandled ball hit by Tim Starkey to the shortstop. This gave them a 9-5 lead going into the bottom of the 7th. The Bobcats loaded the bases and after Travers got a strikeout for 1 out, Gunnar Kines came in and struck out the next two batters to preserve the win.
Hitting for the Braves were Jake Davis (1-2, 2B, RBI, 2runs), Travers Woodward (3-4, 2RBIs, run), Gunnar Kines (2-3, 2B, run), Tim Starkey (1-4, 2B, 2RBIs, run), Walker Darnell (1-4, RBI, run), Charlie Nicholson (1-3, run), Matt McKinney (1-3, RBI, run) |