Lady Tigers unable to hold off Eastern Brown in final inning
GREENFIELD — The McClain Lady Tigers hit the ball hard for 15 hits and 12 runs, but a couple bad innings of defense allowed the Eastern Brown Lady Warriors to get back into the game and eventually leave Greenfield with a 13-12 victory over the Lady Tigers.
Though the game ended with a play at the plate as the Lady Tigers were thrown out at home with two outs, it was McClain who led for a majority of the contest.
After the first inning, both teams were tied at 1-1 with Shania Massie scoring the first run of the game, as she tripled with one out. The senior finished 4-for-4 (a double, a triple) with three runs.
In the second inning, MHS added two runs with Kenzie Anderson and Valerie Caldwell rounding the bases for a 3-1 Lady Tigers advantage. Anderson finished 3-for-4 (a double) with three runs, while Caldwell was 2-for-4 (a double) with two runs.
In the third, MHS added six more runs to their totals with Savannah Anderson, Kelcey Smith, Madison Shumacher, Kenzie Anderson, Caldwell and Sydney Barton contributing to put MHS ahead 9-3. Smith and Shumacher finished with two RBIs.
EB scored one run each in the second and third innings.
The top of the fourth saw the visiting Lady Warriors cut McClain's lead to 9-6 with a three-run inning, but MHS managed to get one run across the plate to build back a lead of four runs.
EB went scoreless in the fifth, and MHS continued to add to their lead with another one-run inning with Massie crossing the plate.
With MHS leading 11-6, Eastern's rally began with five runs in the top of the sixth, tying the score at 11, then keeping MHS away from the plate in the bottom half of the same inning.
In the seventh, EB took the lead for good with two runs, while MHS scored one run in the bottom of the seventh and while trying to tie the score were called out at the plate to end the game.
Abby Shrout had the loss for MHS. In seven innings, she allowed 13 runs (none earned) on eight hits and three walks. She hit two batters and struck out one. The MHS defense committed 10 errors.
Also at the plate for MHS, Sarah Thompson was 2-for-5 with a double and one RBI, and teammate Chantel Landrum
totaled two RBIs in the loss.
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Earlier this week, the Lady Tigers defeated the Washington Lady Blue Lions, 12-10 and the Wilmington Lady Hurricane, 3-2.
In the win over Washington, Sarah Thompson hit a grand slam at Washington Senior High School, with MHS scoring all of their runs in the first four innings. Thompson finished the game 3-for-3 with three runs and five RBIs.
MHS had scoring innings of a two-run first, three-run second, five-run third and two-run fourth.
In the win against Wilmington, MHS scored two runs in the third and the game-winning run in the sixth. Shania Massie hit a two-run home run in the third.