HUNTINGDON – A strong, three-hit peformance by Clearfield pitcher Heather Picard went for naught as Huntingdon’s Sarah Snare relied on her defense for a 3-1 victory in scholastic softball action Wednesday afternoon.
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“We had five hits and six walks and still could score only one run,” Lady Bison coach Bob Dixon said. “We left 10 on the bases.
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“We’ve faced better pitchers, but all we did was pop up. We had 14 flyouts and three strikeouts, so we made them field the ball only four times.”
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Three Lady Bison misplays gave the Lady Bearcats a run in the first inning of the Mountain League Allegheny Division game.
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B.J. Bowman scored the tying run on a passed ball in the fifth inning after receiving a free pass, stealing second and advancing to third on Suzie Colesar’s single.
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In the sixth, Picard issued her only walk to Casey Baird, who moved up two bases on passed balls. Snare was hit by a pitch and stole second without a play being made.
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Cheyenne Snyder then looped a single behind first for the two runs that lifted the Lady Bearcats to their fourth win in 10 games. They are 2-2 in the division.Â
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The Lady Bisons, who got two hits from Mikayla Ebeling, tumbled to 3-5 with their second division setback.
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They had six stolen bases, two each by Bowman and Ebeling.
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The last four innings were played in intermittent showers, but that had little effect on the outcome, according to Dixon.
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“Everything we hit was up in the air,” he said. “We’re just not hitting the ball well.
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“We scored 15 runs in our first two games, and we’ve scored 15 in the next five.”
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He noted the Lady Bisons have been shut out twice and held to one run in Picard’s last three stars.
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It doesn’t get any easier for them with a make-up road game against Philipsburg-Osceola Thursday and a home contest against Central Friday. P-O has only one loss and Central’s Kyle Gunnett blanked the Lady Bisons 3-0 last Friday.
See photos of the game here: http://www.ladybisonsports.org/lbsSBall042711.html
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CLEARFIELD — 1
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Andrea Butler ss 4000, Melinda Owens 2b 4010, B.J. Bowman cf 2110, Suzie Colesar 3b 4010, Rachel Hoffman lf 4000, Mikayla Ebeling rf 3020, McKenzie Moore c 1000, Megan Vanderburgh ph 0000, Lucy Kovalick 1b 1000, Robyn McBride dp 2000, Heather Picard p (flex) 0000. TOTALS: 25 1 5 0.
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HUNTINGDON — 3
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Brionna Mort c 3110, Alexyss Spencer ss 3000, Casey Baird 1b 2100, Atalie Yingling rf 3000, Sarah Snare p 2100, Joy Oakman dp 3000, Cheyenne Snyder 3b 3012, Katie Kurtz 2b 3010, Emily Bilger lf 2000, Toni Strait cf (flex) 0000. TOTALS: 24 3 3 2.
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Score by Innings
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Clearfield       000 010 0 – 1 5 3
Huntingdon   100 002 x – 3 3 0
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Errors – Colesar, Moore, Ebeling. PB – Moore 2; Mort 2. LOB – Clearfield 10; Huntingdon 5. 2B – Bowman. 3B – Mort. Sac – Kovalick. SB – Owens, Bowman 2, Ebeling 2, Vanderburgh; Snare.
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Pitching
Clearfield – Picard 6 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K.
Huntingdon – Snare 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 6 BB, 3 K.
HB – Picard 1 (Snare).
W – Snare (4-6). L – Picard (1-5).
