EMPORIUM — Otto-Eldred escaped Cameron County with its perfect record still intact with a 7-5 win in extra innings Thursday afternoon.
The Lady Terrors (8-0, 5-0 Northern Allegheny League) jumped out to a 4-2 lead after three innings before Cameron Co. (3-3, 3-1) plated a pair of runs in the fourth to knot the game back up. The teams went scoreless over the next three innings.
In the eighth and deciding frame, Otto-Eldred outscored the Lady Red Raiders 3-1 to secure the 7-5 victory.
“It was two evenly matched teams, and it was just a good game,” said Lady Terrors coach Roger Veilleux.
Otto-Eldred benefitted from a strong performance by pitcher Abby Wolfe. The freshman pitched a complete game, struck out 10 and walked none and allowed 10 hits in her eighth consecutive start.
However, errors in the field allowed the Lady Red Raiders back into the game.
“They scored two in the fourth and capitalized on a couple errors,” Veilleux said.
But the Lady Terrors capitalized on a pair of mistakes in the eighth frame to secure the win.
A leadoff walk and an error allowed two Otto-Eldred runners to reach base to start the inning, and then Haylee Frederick singled the runners in for a 6-4 advantage. Britney Greeley later scored Frederick on a sacrifice to put the Lady Terrors up 7-4.
“We got them back with aggressive baserunning in the bottom of the eighth,” Veilleux said.
Laila Smith clubbed a solo homerun to draw Cameron Co. back to within two runs, but Wolfe recovered and slammed the door on the Lady Red Raiders.
Gabby Nickerson finished 2-4 with one RBI for Otto-Eldred, and Wolfe added a 2-run double on the day. Emmalee Sheeler tacked on a pair of singles for the Lady Terrors.
For Cameron Co., Alyvia McKimm blasted a solo homerun in the first inning, and Smith added a 3-for-4 performance with her homerun and a double. She added a complete game on the mound, and gave up seven hits, three walks and struck out 10.
Otto-Eldred hosts Sheffield today, and Cameron Co. visits Smethport on Tuesday.
Galeton 16, Northern Potter 8
GALETON — A late 13-4 surge for Galeton over the final three innings gave the Lady Tigers a 16-8 victory over Northern Potter on Thursday afternoon in a Northern Allegheny League matchup.
After trailing the Lady Panthers 4-3 after three innings, Galeton (4-3, 2-2) plated 13 runs over three innings, and starting pitcher Regan Fuller went the distance with a complete game victory that featured eight strikeouts and just three walks to overcome seven errors in the field for Galeton.
Fuller was rewarded by her teammates with a season-high 16-run offensive performance, which came in large part off the bats of Jessie Evans, Katie Pagano and Brielle Kalacinski. Evans drove in five RBI, while Kalacinski and Pagano each plated three.
Northern Potter (1-3, 1-3) was led by Mirissa Bliss and Megan Hyde, who each drove in two RBI.
Hyde took the mound for the Lady Panthers. She gave up six earned runs over four innings of work, and finished with five strikeouts and one walk.
Galeton hosts Williamson today at 4:30 p.m., and Northern Potter takes on Cowanesque Valley on Saturday afternoon.
Coudersport 21, Oswayo Valley 11, 5 innings
COUDERSPORT — The Lady Falcons won their third straight game by at least 10 runs with an offensive slugfest against Oswayo Valley.
Kaylee VanWhy’s two-out, full count grand slam in the fourth inning capped a five-RBI day for her, while teammate Chelsey Streich added three hits and scored four times. Shaelyn Black added three hits, two RBI and scored three times and Rosalyn Page added two hits and four RBI.
Meanwhile, on the mound, Emma Saulter turned in four innings of work with 10 hits and 11 runs given up, five of which were earned. She struck out four batters. Black came on in relief in the fifth frame and fanned a pair of Oswayo Valley batters.
“We keep hitting the ball pretty well,” Coudersport coach Trevor Saulter said. “If we clean up some of our fielding errors, we can be pretty competitive this year.”
Karina West pitched for Oswayo Valley, and gave up 14 hits and seven earned runs and struck out four over 4.2 innings of work. Karly Carpenter had two hits and three RBI for the Lady Green Wave.
Coudersport (4-2, 3-0) plays DuBois Catholic on Saturday, while Oswayo Valley (1-3, 1-2) hosts Friendship Central on Monday.
Non-league
Clearfield 15, Bradford 2, 5 innings
CLEARFIELD — An 11-run fourth inning lifted Clearfield over Bradford 15-2 on Thursday.
The game was knotted at 1-1 after the first inning. Bradford leadoff batter Mackenzee Maley drew a walk to begin the game, and then stole both second and third to get into scoring position. Adrienne Angell then drove her in on a groundout to second.
Clearfield responded with a run of its own, and then added three more in the bottom of the third to take a 4-1 lead.
Bradford (0-6) responded with another run in the top of the fourth. Angell drew a leadoff walk, and then Emily Warner singled to put Angell into scoring position.
Angell then stole both third and home to give Bradford its second run on the day.
However, Clearfield roared back with 11 runs in the bottom of the frame to secure the 15-2 victory.
Angell finished with the Lady Owls’ only RBI of the day.
Warner took the mound for Bradford and finished with six earned runs, five strikeouts and three walks over four innings of work. She and Alyssa Hardy had the Lady Owls’ two hits during the game.
“Warner and Hardy both had nice hits,” Bradford head coach Amy Stoltz said. “We were getting the bats on the ball, but just right at their defense. Our bats will come alive.”
Clearfield was led by Lauren Ressler and Alexis Bumbarger, who plated two RBI each. Starting pitcher Olivia Bender worked 4.2 innings and gave up two earned runs. She struck out nine and walked five batters.
Bradford visits Smethport on Monday at 4:30 p.m., and Clearfield hosts Central today.
