LONDON — East Clinton rallied with four runs in the top of the seventh inning for a 7-3 victory over Madison-Plains Saturday in non-league season opening baseball games.
The nightcap win helped the Astros to a doubleheader sweep. EC defeated Shekinah Christian 15-1 in the first game, which gave first-year head coach Brian Carey his first varsity victory.
Against Plains, East Clinton scored three runs in the first but the Eagles chipped away with single runs in the second, third and fifth innings to tie the game.
Matthew Mitchell and Justin Smith had two hits each for East Clinton in the second game. Cameron Conner drove in two runs while Mitchell and Colton Vadness drove in one run each.
Conner (1-0) was the winning pitcher, going the distance with three strikeouts. He gave up six hits.
In the opener, East Clinton pounded out 10 hits, three of which came off the bat of Conner. Conner also had three RBI. Ethan Cornwell and Matthew Hall had two hits each; Cornwell drove in two runs and Vadness had one RBI. Mitchell walked three times.
Cornwell (1-0) was the winning pitcher, with seven strikeouts over five innings. He gave up four hits.
SUMMARY
March 25, 2017
@Madison-Plains High School
Game 1
East Clinton 15 Shekinah Christian 1
EC 341.43…..15
SC 100.00…..1
(15) EAST CLINTON (ab-r-h-rbi) Z. Mitchell 3-2-1-1 M. Mitchell 1-3-1-0 Cornwell 4-3-2-2 Conner 3-2-3-3 Smith 2-1-0-1 Vadness 3-2-1-1 Hall 4-1-2-1 Curtis 3-0-0-0 Arellano 2-1-0-0. TOTALS 25-15-10-9
(1) SHEKINAH (ab-r-h-rbi) Hershberger 1-1-0-0 Hershberger 2-0-2-1 Chrysler 2-0-1-0 Helmur 2-0-0-0 McKee 2-0-0-0 Shugeit 2-0-1-0 Headings 2-0-0-0 Showalter 2-0-0-0 Choi 2-0-0-0. TOTALS 17-1-4-1
E: EC-0; MP-3
2B: EC-Conner, Vadness, Hall; SC-Hershberger
SB: Z. Mitchell 2, M. Mitchell 2 Cornwell, Smith, Vadness, Arellano; SC-Chrysler
PITCHING (IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO)
East Clinton
Cornwell (W, 1-0) 5-4-1-1-1-7
Shekinah
Chrysler (L, 0-1) 2-4-7-2-2-3
Hershberger 2-4-5-4-1-2
McKee 1-2-3-3-4-1
Game 2
East Clinton 7 Madison-Plains 3
EC 300.000.4…..7
MP 011.010.0…..3
(7) EAST CLINTON (ab-r-h-rbi) Z. Mitchell 3-1-1-0 M. Mitchell 4-2-2-1 Cornwell 3-1-1-1 Conner 4-1-0-2 Smith 4-2-2-1 Vadness 3-0-1-1 Hall 4-0-1-1 Curtis 3-0-0-0 Burkitt 0-0-0-0 Vaughn 0-0-0-0 Arellano 4-0-0-0. TOTALS 32-7-8-7
(3) MADISON-PLAINS (ab-r-h-rbi) Raines 4-2-2-0 Ebert 4-0-0-0 Puckett 3-0-0-1 Davis 4-0-0-0 Bird 3-0-0-0 Peters 3-1-2-0 Toops 2-0-0-0 Adams 1-0-1-0 Gibbs 0-0-0-0 Buscemi 3-0-1-1. TOTALS 27-3-6-2
E: EC-2 MP-5
2B: EC-Cornwell
SB: EC-Z. Mitchell, Smith, Hall 2; MP-Raines 2, Peters
PITCHING (IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO)
East Clinton
Conner (W, 1-0) 7-6-3-2-3-3
Madison Plains
Gibbs (L, 0-1) 6.1-6-5-4-2-4
Toops 0.1-2-2-1-2-0
Ebert 0.1-0-0-0-0-0