{"id":3021,"date":"2025-04-17T14:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T14:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2025-04-17T14:21:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T14:21:02","slug":"mcintire-patino-spark-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=3021","title":{"rendered":"McIntire, Patino spark Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Clear Lake softball team knocks off Calistoga 12-2 in non-league action<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lake County Sports on Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CALISTOGA &gt;&gt; Faith McIntire went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs and winning pitcher Atiana Patino went 2-for-2 with a double and four runs scored as the Clear Lake High School softball team snapped a two-game losing streak with a 12-2 win in five innings against non-league opponent Calistoga on Wednesday in Calistoga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clear Lake\u2019s scheduled North Central League I game with Lower Lake was rescheduled for May, and the Cardinals were happy to find a team to fill the spot rather than have a bye date, according to head coach Scott Schaefers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both young teams, the host Wildcats and visiting Cardinals, were just happy to be out there playing a game, according to Schaefers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe both just want to see our girls get some playing time and improve,\u201d Schaefers said of the two teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clear Lake (5-4) scored at least one run in every inning, including a four-run top of the first that put the Cardinals ahead to stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patino allowed only two hits and one earned run while striking out eight and walking four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the midst of their league schedule, the non-league game offered the Cardinals a bit of a chance to refocus, according to Schaefers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe girls played relaxed, played loose and had fun,\u201d Schaefers said. \u201cIt was nice to see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McIntire and Patino combined to score seven of Clear Lake\u2019s 12 runs while going a combined 5-for-5 at the plate. Ashlynn Cruz added an RBI triple while Lindee Bingham went 1-for-4 with two RBIs. The Cardinals also received hits from Cali Albaum, Kam Cresto and Hailey Perez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patino stayed in the game despite taking a line drive off her cheek bone while pitching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe wanted to stay in, and she pitched well,\u201d Schaefers said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clear Lake resumes league play Friday in Middletown at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clear Lake softball team knocks off Calistoga 12-2 in non-league action Lake County Sports on Facebook CALISTOGA &gt;&gt; Faith McIntire went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs and winning pitcher Atiana Patino went 2-for-2 with a double and four runs scored as the Clear Lake High School softball team snapped a two-game losing streak [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,24,89],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3022,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021\/revisions\/3022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}