The Bobcats leave the Ramblers in the dust

By: Leah Davis

 

The Bobcats hosted Lafayette on Wednesday, March 22, at home.

During the first three innings, the Bobcats and the Ramblers held up a great defense allowing no runs on the board by the bottom of the fourth. McKinley Chadwick broke the silence as he hit a triple gaining a single RBI and putting the Bobcats now over the Ramblers, 1-0.

At the top of the fifth, Will Barnes opens up the inning with a strikeout, but it was in the sixth when A.J. Buck hit a single and earns himself a single RBI to tie the game, 1-1.

As tensions between the two teams grew during the bottom of the sixth, Brooks Rosser hits a single. Shortly after, Tatum Chadwick slammed a home run out to earn himself a double RBI. As the crowd screamed louder and louder, the game still wasn’t over.

Our Bobcats kept the pressure on as Will Barnes hits a triple and his pinch runner, Ethan Upton, comes in. Ethan manages to steal home while Evan Frady is up to bat, putting the score at, 4-1.

Momentum swung wide to the Bobcats in the seventh having a great defense with 3 ground outs.

The Bobcats left the Ramblers in dust, thanks to Tatum Chadwick’s home run. The Bobcats will be back in action on, March 24, against the Ramblers.