Lady Indians win run-filled rivalry game with McClain
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
The South Central Ohio League rivalry game between the Hillsboro Lady Indians and the McClain Lady Tigers saw HHS gain the upper hand this time around, splitting the season series with their Highland County counterpart.
In Wednesday's game, the Lady Indians (4-1, 10-4) had a strong first inning, later lost the lead, but rallied with four runs in the fifth inning to gain a 10-7 victory over the Lady Tigers (3-5, 4-5) at Alice Cassner Field, Wednesday.
"The girls did a good job of fighting back and playing a county rival. It is one of those games that gets kind of ugly at times, but (McClain) did a nice job of coming back when we were ahead," HHS head coach Katie Moberly said. "We ended up getting some timely hits and put errors behind us.
"We need to work on when we make a mistake to let it go. It's not about each individual player, but about the team, and (Wednesday) the game went in our favor. It could have gone either way, but today was good."
As for that five-run first inning, the Lady Indians saw their first five batters in the order all cross the plate, and their first six batters all reached base either via a hit or walk.
Ali Stratton led off the game with a double, followed with Kerstin Thornburgh hitting a single. Hanna Breeden singled, and Madison Snyder walked. Emily Myers followed with a single to see all five of those batters eventually cross the plate for the 5-0 lead.
Thornburgh finished 3-for-4, including a triple and three runs. Snyder was 3-for-3 with one walk and a run.
"Kerstin was able to hit runners when they were on base," Moberly said. "She didn't have her best day pitching, but she didn't give up at the plate and came through for us … that's what we need everyone to do."
Kirsten Juillerat and Savannah Scott also had base hits in the inning.
HHS took a 6-0 lead in the second with Thornburgh scoring home plate.
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The Lady Tigers answered with three runs in the third and four more in the fourth to take a 7-6 advantage.
In the third, MHS saw Savannah Anderson, Sarah Thompson and Shania Massie all score runs, and in the fourth it was Kenzie Anderson, Thompson, Chantel Landrum and Sydney Barton who helped put MHS in front by a run.
The Lady Indians didn't trail for long with Riley Moberly, Scott, Stratton and Thornburgh all rounding the bases for a four-run inning.
At the plate, the Lady Indians finished with 15 hits and five walks, while MHS totaled eight hits, four walks and were hit by a pitch three times.
MHS head coach Ed Bolender spoke about the loss.
"We didn't get off the bus quite ready to play," he said. "We talked about that every day, and today we didn't. We had three errors in the first inning and they had some nice base hits, and that combination is killer.
"Credit our kids, when they were down they came back and took the lead at one point. We gave up four runs late, and we just weren't able to get base hits with runners on second and third at times."
(Editor's Note: RBIs were unavailable following the game.)
In Wednesday's game, the Lady Indians (4-1, 10-4) had a strong first inning, later lost the lead, but rallied with four runs in the fifth inning to gain a 10-7 victory over the Lady Tigers (3-5, 4-5) at Alice Cassner Field, Wednesday.
"The girls did a good job of fighting back and playing a county rival. It is one of those games that gets kind of ugly at times, but (McClain) did a nice job of coming back when we were ahead," HHS head coach Katie Moberly said. "We ended up getting some timely hits and put errors behind us.
"We need to work on when we make a mistake to let it go. It's not about each individual player, but about the team, and (Wednesday) the game went in our favor. It could have gone either way, but today was good."
As for that five-run first inning, the Lady Indians saw their first five batters in the order all cross the plate, and their first six batters all reached base either via a hit or walk.
Ali Stratton led off the game with a double, followed with Kerstin Thornburgh hitting a single. Hanna Breeden singled, and Madison Snyder walked. Emily Myers followed with a single to see all five of those batters eventually cross the plate for the 5-0 lead.
Thornburgh finished 3-for-4, including a triple and three runs. Snyder was 3-for-3 with one walk and a run.
"Kerstin was able to hit runners when they were on base," Moberly said. "She didn't have her best day pitching, but she didn't give up at the plate and came through for us … that's what we need everyone to do."
Kirsten Juillerat and Savannah Scott also had base hits in the inning.
HHS took a 6-0 lead in the second with Thornburgh scoring home plate.
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The Lady Tigers answered with three runs in the third and four more in the fourth to take a 7-6 advantage.
In the third, MHS saw Savannah Anderson, Sarah Thompson and Shania Massie all score runs, and in the fourth it was Kenzie Anderson, Thompson, Chantel Landrum and Sydney Barton who helped put MHS in front by a run.
The Lady Indians didn't trail for long with Riley Moberly, Scott, Stratton and Thornburgh all rounding the bases for a four-run inning.
At the plate, the Lady Indians finished with 15 hits and five walks, while MHS totaled eight hits, four walks and were hit by a pitch three times.
MHS head coach Ed Bolender spoke about the loss.
"We didn't get off the bus quite ready to play," he said. "We talked about that every day, and today we didn't. We had three errors in the first inning and they had some nice base hits, and that combination is killer.
"Credit our kids, when they were down they came back and took the lead at one point. We gave up four runs late, and we just weren't able to get base hits with runners on second and third at times."
(Editor's Note: RBIs were unavailable following the game.)