For the second straight day, the Wilmington High School softball team’s rally fell just short.

A day of losing to Beavercreek by two, Wilmington scored four runs in the fifth inning but lost to McClain 9-8 in South Central Ohio League play on the WHS diamond.

Lyla Self, Hannah Chase, Madi Flint and Meghan Fisher all with two hits. Courtney Smart drove in two runs. Self had two stolen bases.

Flint took the pitching loss. Smart pitched well in relief with three strikeouts.

SUMMARY

March 30, 2016

@Wilmington High School

McClain 9 Wilmington 8

M 000.360.0…..9-11-4

W 013.040.0…..8-12-3

(9) McCLAIN (ab-r-h-rbi) Pollard 3-0-0-0 Beatty 4-1-1-0 Anderson 3-2-3-1 Smith 4-1-2-0 Schumaker 5-1-1-0 Landrum 3-1-1-0 Smith 3-2-1-2 Rickman 2-1-1-3 Shrout 3-0-1-2. TOTALS 30-9-11-8

(8) WILMINGTON (ab-r-h-rbi) J. Johns 3-1-1-0 Self 3-2-2-0 Chase 4-1-2-1 Smart 4-1-1-2 Flint 4-2-2-1 Fisher 4-0-2-1 Bair 1-0-1-1 Keaton 1-0-0-0 Younker 3-0-0-0 McClaskie 4-1-1-0. TOTALS 31-8-12-6

2B: M-Anderson 2, Beatty, Shrout 1; W-Fisher, Flint

3B: M-Rickman

SB: M-Pollard, Smith 2; W-Fisher, Flint, Self 2, Chase

PITCHING IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO

McClain

Shrout (W) 7-12-8-2-3

Wilmington

Flint (L) 4.2-9-9-9-4-3

Smart 2.3-2-0-0-0-3