HYDE — The Clearfield Lady Bison hosted the Bellefonte Lady Raiders for the home opener on Monday afternoon at the Bison Sports Complex.
Unfortunately for the hosts, the visitors brought their bats, as they pounded out 18 hits and plated 17 runs off of two Lady Bison pitchers in a 17-3 loss for Clearfield, which dropped them to 0-2 on the young season. It was Bellefonte’s season opening game.
The Lady Bison scored single runs in the third and fifth innings to avoid the 10-run Mercy Rule, but Bellefonte exploded for six runs in the top of the seventh to make it a blow out.
The bottom of the seventh inning saw Bison senior Ruby Singleton line a lead off homerun to straightaway center field as one of the few highlights on the day for Clearfield. Singleton now has three hits in each of the Lady Bison’s two games.
Left fielder Madi McBride and third baseman Paige Houser had the only other Bison hits.
Megan Wisor was saddled with the loss after giving up 10 runs, but only five earned, over three innings.
The Lady Bison will be at home again on Thursday when they host the Tyrone Golden Eagles.
Bellefonte 433 100 6 17 18 4
Clearfield 001 010 1 3 5 5
BELLEFONTE — 17
RF Madison Ripka 6230, CF Maria Cotter 6322, 2B Grace Novitsky 5422, SS Ragan Manning 6232, C Ava Lose 5133, 1B Taylor Brown 3221, 3B Sienna Barnhart 4122, LF Sadie Ripka 5012, flex/2B Mackenzie Ellenberger 5101, P Carley Clarkson 0000, P Alaina Smith 0000. Totals 45 17 18 15
2B – Lose – 2, Barnhart, Brown, Cotter, Ripka. 3B – Cotter. HR – Novistsky. E – Novistsky – 2, Clarkson, Manning.
CLEARFIELD — 3
CF Ruby Singleton 4231, 1B Haley Billotte 4100, SS Aevril Hayward 4000, RF Eve Siegel 4000, 2B Sam Campolong 2000, LF Madi McBride 3010, C Anna Twigg 1000, 3B Paige Houser 3010, DP Alexus Green 3000. P Megan Wisor 0000, P Joell Henry 0000. Totals 28 3 5 1
2B – Singleton. HR – Singleton. E – Houser – 3, Campolong – 2.
Pitching
Wisor (L, 0-1) 3 IP, 10H, 10 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 0K
Henry 4 IP, 8 H, 7R, 4ER, 1BB, 1K
Clarkson (W, 1-0) 5 IP, 4H, 2R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K
Smith 2 IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 3K