Clinton softball has found themselves in the midst of a 4 game losing skid as of late with their most recent losses coming to Oak Grove at home and three straight defeats at Pleasant Hill, Marion C. Early and Marshall.
Last Tuesday, the Lady Cardinals were no-hit when they hosted Oak Grove in a 16-0 loss. The visitors plated 1 run in the first, exploded for 10 in the second and then put 5 across in the fourth to end the misery. Clinton's 6 defensive miscues didn't help their cause.
On Thursday, the Lady Cards got 2 hits off the bat of Taryn Mantonya but their 4 hits as a team weren't enough to fight off the Lady Chicks in a 16-1 defeat. Another 6 errors in the field proved too detrimental to overcome.
Friday's game was much cleaner as Clinton only had 3 errors. However, the offense still sputtered in the 5-1 loss to Marion C. Early.
Jordan Schmedding led Clinton with 2 hits while 1 apiece came off the bats of Lexi Barnhart and Alexis Fowler. All were singles.
Mantonya went 5 good innings in the circle but absorbed the loss.
On Monday at Marshall, the Lady Cardinals trailed just 1-0 through 2 innings but yielded 5 runs in the third and 2 in the fourth as Marshall capped off a 10-0 win with 1 more run in each of the fifth and sixth innings.
Mantonya led Clinton at the plate once again with 2 hits while 1 each were contributed by Barnhart and Kennadie Austin.
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The Lady Cards, now 6-15, will be at home for the final three games of their regular season.
They hosted Harrisonville on Tuesday, will bring in Warrensburg on Thursday and welcome Nevada next Monday.
