BRADFORD – Heather Picard pitched her second one-hit shutout in her last three outings and the Clearfield Area High School softball team pounded 14 hits, half of them doubles, to defeat Bradford 10-0 in six innings Tuesday afternoon.
Pacing the Lady Bisons at the plate were freshman Nellie Wallace with a double and two singles, Lucy Kovalick with a pair of two-baggers and three runs driven in, Rachel Hoffman with a double and a single and three RBIs and Becca Byerly with two singles.
Picard, who blanked Bald Eagle Area 8-0 on April 20, retired the last 15 Lady Owls she faced after Lindsay Rinfrette blooped a single behind third base in the second inning.
The junior right-hander whiffed 10 and walked none in her third consecutive win.
A three-run double by Hoffman gave Clearfield (6-7) a 5-0 lead in the second inning.
Robyn McBride slugged a two-run double in the third, and Kovalick drove in the last three runs with doubles in the fourth and sixth frames.
Hitting streaks were continued by two Lady Bisons, Hoffman’s reaching 12 games and B.J. Bowman’s at eight after her fourth-inning double.
Clearfield will play Mountain League Allegheny Division road games against Tyrone Wednesday and Philipsburg-Osceola Friday.
See photos of the game here: http://www.ladybisonsports.org/lbsSBall050112.html
CLEARFIELD — 10
Robyn McBride dp 4112, Melinda Owens 3110, Rachel Hoffman rf 3023, Mikayla Ebeling 1000, B.J. Bowman cf 2210, Heather Picard p 3110, Lucy Kovalick c 4023, Nellie Wallace 3b 4230, Becca Byerly 1b 4220, Megan Vanderburgh ss 2111, Andrea Butler ss 2000, Tristan Lewis lf (flex) 0000. TOTALS: 32 10 14 9.
BRADFORD — 0
Amber Abers cf 3000, Rylee Lundgren ss 3000, Erika Bacha p 2000, Lexy Pascarella c 2000, Lindsay Rinfrette 3b 2010, Marisa Cobb 2b 2000, Ashlyn Kelly lf 2000, Megan Patterson 1b 2000, Abby Evers rf 2000. TOTALS: 20 0 1 0.
Score by Innings
Clearfield 142 102 – 10 14 1
Bradford 000 000 – 0 1 2
Errors – Vanderburgh; Cobb, Kelly. LOB – Clearfield 9; Bradford 2. 2B – McBride, Owens, Hoffman, Bowman, Kovalick 2, Wallace. SB – Wallace.
Pitching
Clearfield – Picard 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K.
Bradford – Bacha 6 IP, 14 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 4 BB, 3 K.
HB – Bacha 1 (Owens). WP – Bacha 5.
W – Picard (3-4). L – Bacha.
Lady Bison Scoreboard:
| Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
| 3/26 | @ Bellefonte | 1 – 11 | 0 – 1 |
| 3/28 | MIFFLIN COUNTY | 0 – 10 | 0 – 2 |
| 3/30 | @ Penns Valley | 0 – 1 | 0 – 3 |
| 4/04 | @ Huntingdon | 9 – 1 | 1 – 3 |
| 4/09 | @ Central | 3 – 9 | 1 – 4 |
| 4/11 | TYRONE | 7 – 1 | 2 – 4 |
| 4/13 | PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA | 1 – 11 | 2 – 5 |
| 4/16 | @ Central Mountain | 1 – 3 | 2 – 6 |
| 4/20 | BALD EAGLE AREA | 8 – 0 | 3 – 6 |
| 4/23 | @ Juniata | ppd. | 3 – 6 |
| 4/25 | HUNTINGDON | 8 – 7, 8 inn. | 4 – 6 |
| 4/26 | @ Juniata | 12 – 3 | 5 – 6 |
| 4/27 | CENTRAL | 3 – 10 | 5 – 7 |
| 5/01 | @ Bradford | 10 – 0 | 6 – 7 |
| 5/02 | @ Tyrone | ||
| 5/04 | @ Philipsburg-Osceola |