Fairfield Lady Lions win over East Clinton

It was a beautiful day for softball as the Fairfield Lady Lions (3-1, 1-0 SHAC) traveled to Lees Creek to play the East Clinton Lady Astros (0-4, 0-1 SBAAC) of the Southern Buckeye Athletic and Academic Conference. The Fairfield Lady Lions’ offense exploded to score 13 runs on 13 hits to blank East Clinton, 13-0. 

All nine starting players had hits in the game. Katelyn Chambliss was brilliant in the circle for the Lady Lions, throwing a three-hit shutout while striking out eight batters.

The Lady Lions scored a run in the top of the first inning to take an early lead. Rilee Quickle had a single with one out and later scored on a wild pitch.

Fairfield scored three runs in the third inning on a single by Carly Sanders, a bunt single by Sydney Hooper, a sacrifice bunt by Rilee Quickle that scored a run, a single by Sydney Sanders, a single by Emmi Vance and an RBI single by Faith Miller.

The score ballooned to 9-0 after five runs in the fifth inning. In the inning, Jobey Hattan doubled to lead off the inning, and with two outs, Faith Miller walked, Jaylie Duncan doubled to knock in two runs, Katelyn Chambliss singled to drive in a run, Carly Sanders was hit by a pitch and Sydney Hooper was safe on an error on a sacrifice bunt to drive in a run.

Fairfield completed the scoring with four runs in the top of the sixth inning. Jobey Hattan tripled to lead off the inning. Sydney Sanders singled to drive in Hattan. Emmi Vance singled, Faith Miller walked, Katelyn Chambliss walked and Addison Bales, pinch hitting for Hooper, drove in the last run on a fielder’s choice.

Katelyn Chambliss (3-1) was the winning pitcher for Fairfield, pitching six innings with three hits, no runs, no earned runs, one walk and eight strikeouts.