{"id":2567,"date":"2025-03-06T13:58:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=2567"},"modified":"2025-03-06T13:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:58:59","slug":"trojans-cardinals-drop-softball-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=2567","title":{"rendered":"Trojans, Cardinals drop softball games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mariah Bal fans 16 in loss to Montgomery; Patino has both Clear Lake hits against Ukiah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SANTA ROSA >> Mariah Bal struck out 16 batters while scattering five hits, but the Montgomery Vikings rallied with a run in the bottom of the fifth inning to snap a 2-2 tie and beat the Lower Lake Trojans 3-2 in non-league softball action Wednesday afternoon in Santa Rosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had some errors on defense,\u201d Lower Lake head coach Tara Downey said. \u201cWe need to tighten up. It was a hard loss being so close.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lower Lake (1-1) scored twice in the top of the fourth to tie the game after Montgomery (2-4) plated single runs in the second and third inning to take a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bal allowed two earned runs and also walked four. She also had one of the Trojans\u2019 six hits, going 1-for-3 and scoring a run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace Reyes (2-for-3) was the only Lower Lake player with more than one hit. Aliana Barnes went 1-for-3 and drove in both of the Trojans\u2019 runs. Leanna Ortega and Jamiya Lee-Ayers had Lower Lake\u2019s other hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was good to get the jitters out early,\u201d Downey said of her team\u2019s early-season miscues. \u201cWe have some work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lower Lake goes under the light Saturday against Fortuna in St. Helena. First pitch is 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other Wednesday softball action:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukiah 13, Clear Lake 2 (5 inn.)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Ukiah, the Clear Lake Cardinals officially opened their season, falling to the same Ukiah Wildcats team they scrimmaged against last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clear Lake (0-1) avoided the shutout by scoring twice in the top of the fifth, but it wasn\u2019t enough to avoid being 10-runned by the Wildcats (1-0), who were also making their season debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cardinals committed five errors in the field that prolonged both Ukiah\u2019s five-run third inning and seven-run fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThings like a flyball popping out of an outfielder\u2019s glove,\u201d Clear Lake head coach Scott Schaefers said. \u201cWe\u2019re still a young, growing team. We are junior and freshmen heavy. We\u2019ll get better as we go along.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Losing pitcher Atiana Patino worked all four innings, allowing 12 hits, striking out four and walking four. The junior also had Clear Lake\u2019 only two hits at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a run-scoring triple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was proud of the job she did,\u201d Schaefers said of Patino. \u201cWhen you have five errors behind you, it\u2019s tough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schaefers said it was a much-improved Ukiah team from the one the Cardinals beat 4-1, also at Ukiah, early last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey were much better than we played them in the past, but we aren\u2019t the same team we were last season,\u201d Schaefers added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cardinals return home Friday to play Calistoga at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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