ADAMS TOWNSHIP — Hailey Clayborn had two key hits to lift Clinton-Massie to a 3-2 win in nine innings over Miami Trace Monday in South Central Ohio League softball action.
The win puts Massie at 10-0 overall and atop the SCOL at 5-0.
Neither team had a hit until the fifth inning.
“Both pitchers threw a great game tonight,” CM coach Anthony Lauer said. “Neither one of us could put two hits together to get something going.”
Miami Trace took a 1-0 lead in the top of the seventh and seemed destined to give the Lady Falcons their first loss of the season.
But Clayborn blasted a two out solo homer in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game and give the fans “free” softball on a sun-drenched, but windy day.
“That was a huge hit for Hailey,” Lauer said.
After a scoreless eighth, the Lady Panthers went back to the scoreboard with a run and a 2-1 lead going to the bottom of the ninth.
In the ninth, Kelsey Carter singled and scored on an error to tie the game at 2-2. With Lindsey Amberger at third and a 1-2 count, Clayborn came up with the game-winner.
“I told her to just relax and do what she knows how to do,” Lauer said. “She took the next pitch and hit a line drive back up the middle.
“This was not our best hitting game of the season but being able to win a game like this is huge. It’s very non-typical for us to only have five hits. Trace’s pitcher did an excellent job.”
SUMMARY
April 10, 2017
@Clinton-Massie HS
Clinton-Massie 3 Miami Trace 2, 9 innings
MT 000.000.101…..2
CM 000.000.102…..3
(3) CLINTON-MASSIE (ab-r-h-rbi) Sivert 4-0-0-0 Florea 3-0-0-0 K. Carter 4-1-1-0 Amberger 4-1-1-0 Carruthers 4-0-0-0 Clayborn 4-1-2-2 Newton 3-0-1-0 Miller 3-0-0-0 Asher 3-0-0-0
HR: Clayborn
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so)
Florea (W) 8-5-2-2-5-8
