HYDE — The Clearfield Lady Bison softball team welcomed the Bellwood-Antis Lady Blue Devils to the Bison Sports Complex on Monday afternoon. And the Lady Bison played gracious host by spotting their visitors a three runs in the top of the first inning on the strength of three hits, a walk and a fielder’s choice.
From there on out, it was all Lady Bison, as Clearfield ran off 13 unanswered runs on their way to a 13-3 Mercy Rule win that upped their record to 2-5, while dropping Bellwood-Antis to 2-7.
Bison senior Ruby Singleton led off the home half of the first with a single, tying Brooke Cline as the all-time hits leader for the Lady Bison. After an out, sophomore Aevril Hayward singled to center before Eve Siegel reached on an error by the Blue Devil second baseman to load the bases. After a second out, senior Sam Campolong drove a 2-2 pitch over the wall in leftfield for a grandslam to give the Lady Bison a 4-3 lead, that they never relinquished.
After the rough first inning, freshman pitch Joell Henry scattered five hits and shut out Bellwood-Antis the rest of the way.
The Lady Bison added two runs in the third and fourth innings, then put the game away with five runs in the bottom of the fifth, the final runs scoring on a two out double down the right field line by Raigan Uncles.
In the scoreless second inning for the Lady Bison, Singleton had an infield single to break the Lady Bison career mark with her 113th hit.
Siegel started things off in the bottom of the third inning with a single up the middle and advanced to third on a fielder’s choice an an error and then scored on Campolong’s fielder’s choice and her fifth RBI of the game.
The second run of the inning scored on a bases loaded walk by Anna Twigg.
Hayward led off the fourth inning by reaching on a two base error. She reached third on a wild pitch and scored on an error. Siegel then singled over the second baseman’s head and advanced to second on another Blue Devil error. Siegel scored her third run of the game on a Paige Houser fielder’s choice to make it 8-3.
Singleton started the fifth inning off with her fourth home run of the year. Madi McBride then reached on an infield single before Hayward hit a homerun to center field to make it 11-3. With two outs, Campolong walked, Houser reached on an error, and pinch hitter Allison Fedder also walked to load the bases. That’s when Uncles delivered her double to score Campolong and Houser to end the game.
Clearfield will travel to Spring Mills on Tuesday to face Penns Valley (5-5).
Bellwood-Antis 300 00 3 8 8
Clearfield 402 25x 13 10 1
BELLWOOD-ANTIS — 3
C Parker Martin 3130, CF Lainey Quick 3010, P Payton Gregg 3121, SS London McKee 2100, 3B Kat Garman 3011, 1B Cami Focht 3010, 2B Ava Moore 3000, 2B Hayden Taylor 0000, LF Kailynn Hinish 2000, LF Paige Harpster 0000, RF Hailey Evans 2000, TOTALS 24 3 8 2.
2B – Martin. SB – Martin. E – Evans – 2, Garman – 2, Moore, Focht, McKee, Martin.
CLEARFIELD — 13
CF Ruby Singleton 4231, LF Madi McBride 3110, SS Aevril Hayward 4322, RF Eve Siegel 4320, P Joell Henry 4000, 3B Sam Campolong 3215, 2B Paige Houser 3101, C Anna Twigg 2001, PH Allison Fedder 0000, DP Alexus Green 2000, DP Raigan Uncles 2012, 1B/flex Haley Billotte 0000, TOTALS 31 13 10 12
2B – Uncles. HR – Campolong (1), Hayward (1), Singleton (4). E – Billotte.
Pitching
Henry (W) 5 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Gregg (L) 4.2 IP 10 H, 13 R 5 ER, 5 BB, 11 K
LADY BISON SCOREBOARD:
Date Opponent Score Record
3/18 CENTRAL ppd. 0 – 0
3/20 @ Bellefonte ppd. 0 – 0
3/22 CENTRAL 1 – 17 0 – 1
3/25 BISHOP GUILFOYLE 10 – 2 1 – 1
3/27 @ Tyrone 4 – 3 2 – 1
4/02 HOLLIDAYSBURG ppd. 2 – 1
4/05 SOMERSET ppd. 2 – 1
4/08 @ Huntingdon ppd. 2 – 1
4/10 SOMERSET ppd. 2 – 1
4/11 GREATER JOHNSTOWN ppd. 2 – 1
4/12 @ Forest Hills ppd. 2 – 1
4/15 @ Bradford 0 – 10 2 – 2
4/16 PHIILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA 1 – 3, 8 inn. 2 – 3
4/18 @ St. Marys 3 – 4 2 – 4 4/19 @ DuBois 2 – 3 2 – 5
4/22 @ Bellwod-Antis 2 – 4 2 – 6
4/23 PENNS VALLEY
4/24 @ Forest Hills
4/26 @ Bishop Carrol
4/29 @ Bald Eagle Area
4/30 SOMERSET
5/03 GREATER JOHNSTOWN
5/06 @ Central
5/08 BELLEFONTE
5/09 @ Forest Hills
5/10 @ Huntingdon
5/13 @ Bellefonte
5/15 PUNXSUTAWNEY
5/16 HOLLIDAYSBURG