McClain Lady Tigers earn second straight win over Hillsboro in consecutive days
Lead Summary
By
Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
GREENFIELD — The McClain Lady Tigers defeated the Hillsboro Lady Indians by a 14-4 score in six innings Wednesday in Frontier Athletic Conference play.
The day before, the Lady Tigers defeated HHS, 11-0 in Hillsboro, but on Wednesday the Lady Tigers gained the win on their home field in Greenfield.
McClain began their half of the first inning with a run scored by Josie Crabtree off a triple hit by Beckley Smith for the 1-0 lead. The score was tied at 1-1 in the top of the third inning as Zoe Grove crossed home plate for the Lady Indians after she hit a single to reach the bases. Crabtree finished 4-for-5 with four runs and three doubles.
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The Lady Tigers answered the run, plus added more as they scored five runs in the bottom of the third with runs by Liz Kegley, Crabtree, Alli Beatty (2-for-4, HBP, two runs, one RBI), Smith and Kaylee Stevenson (3-for-4, two runs). One of the hits in the inning was a home run by Smith, as she finished the game 3-for-5 with a home run, a triple, a double and four RBI.
HHS scored one run in the top of the fourth with Kenzie Dietrick scoring a run. MHS equaled the feat in the bottom of the fourth with a run scored by Smith with the RBI from Bri Weller, who finished 2-for-4.
The Lady Indians scored two runs in the top of the fifth inning with Mallory Parsons and Emma Birkhimer scoring runs.
MHS broke the game away in the fifth and sixth innings with Crabtree, Beatty, Smith and Stevenson scoring runs in the fifth inning with RBI by Smith, Stevenson and Weller. The sixth inning saw Crabtree, Brooke Beatty (2-for-3, HBP, one run) and Burchett score runs with one RBI by Alli Beatty.
Also in the game, Kaleigh Easter was 2-for-4 as she was also hit by a pitch and scored one run. Burchett had a sacrifice and a walk, while also scoring a run.
For the Lady Indians, they totaled nine hits with Parsons finishing 2-for-2 with one run and was hit by a pitch. Dietrick was 2-for-3 with a double and one run. Birkhimer went 2-for-3 in the FAC game.
Having one hit each for HHS were Gracey Dearmon, Kelsey Thornburgh and Grove.
The day before, the Lady Tigers defeated HHS, 11-0 in Hillsboro, but on Wednesday the Lady Tigers gained the win on their home field in Greenfield.
McClain began their half of the first inning with a run scored by Josie Crabtree off a triple hit by Beckley Smith for the 1-0 lead. The score was tied at 1-1 in the top of the third inning as Zoe Grove crossed home plate for the Lady Indians after she hit a single to reach the bases. Crabtree finished 4-for-5 with four runs and three doubles.
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The Lady Tigers answered the run, plus added more as they scored five runs in the bottom of the third with runs by Liz Kegley, Crabtree, Alli Beatty (2-for-4, HBP, two runs, one RBI), Smith and Kaylee Stevenson (3-for-4, two runs). One of the hits in the inning was a home run by Smith, as she finished the game 3-for-5 with a home run, a triple, a double and four RBI.
HHS scored one run in the top of the fourth with Kenzie Dietrick scoring a run. MHS equaled the feat in the bottom of the fourth with a run scored by Smith with the RBI from Bri Weller, who finished 2-for-4.
The Lady Indians scored two runs in the top of the fifth inning with Mallory Parsons and Emma Birkhimer scoring runs.
MHS broke the game away in the fifth and sixth innings with Crabtree, Beatty, Smith and Stevenson scoring runs in the fifth inning with RBI by Smith, Stevenson and Weller. The sixth inning saw Crabtree, Brooke Beatty (2-for-3, HBP, one run) and Burchett score runs with one RBI by Alli Beatty.
Also in the game, Kaleigh Easter was 2-for-4 as she was also hit by a pitch and scored one run. Burchett had a sacrifice and a walk, while also scoring a run.
For the Lady Indians, they totaled nine hits with Parsons finishing 2-for-2 with one run and was hit by a pitch. Dietrick was 2-for-3 with a double and one run. Birkhimer went 2-for-3 in the FAC game.
Having one hit each for HHS were Gracey Dearmon, Kelsey Thornburgh and Grove.