SPARTANBURG – Blythewood baseball ended their quest for the elusive 5A state title on Tuesday with an 11-3 loss at Dorman.
Blythewood trailed 2-1 after an inning of play. Dorman plated three runs in the third, but Blythewood whittled the lead to 5-3 in the top of the fifth. A six-run fifth inning sealed the Bengals’ fate as Dorman held on for the 11-3 win.
The loss eliminated Blythewood from the District 4 double-elimination tournament.
Blythewood opened play in the tournament at home against Dorman on April 30. Dorman out-hit the Bengals 13-8 and took a 7-1 win, putting the Bengals in a win-or-go-home situation.
Blythewood recovered with a 3-1 win over Nation Ford on May 2, then followed with a 13-4 defeat of Hillcrest on Friday.
The Bengals end the season 21-9 under first-year coach Travis Poole.
BLYTHEWOOD -1-0-0-0-2-0-0 – 3, 7, 0
DORMAN – 2-0-3-0-6-0-X – 11, 11, 2
WP: Wells.
BHS: Myers 4-4, 2B. Penfield 1-4, 2 RBI. Leppert 1-3. Bottar 1-3.
BLYTHEWOOD – 1-4-2-0-1-2-3 – 13, 12, 0
HILLCREST – 0-0-0-0-4-0-0 – 4, 6, 3
WP: Franklin
BHS: Leppert 1-3, HR, 4 RBI. Myers 2-3, RBI. Franklin 2-3, 2 RBI. Penfield 2-3, 2B. Collins 1-5, RBI. Bottar 1-4, 3B. Johnson 2-5, RBI. Watts 1-3.
NATION FORD – 1-0-0-0-0-0-0 – 1, 7, 3
BLYTHEWOOD – 0-0-2-1-0-0-X – 3, 7, 1
WP: Defee
BHS: Leppert 1-3, 2 RBI. Penfield 1-3, 2B. Bottar 3-3. Myers 1-3. Counts 1-3.
