MAC opens season with hot bats
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ST. IGNATIUS — The 2021 Class B/C state girls softball tournament runner ups, the Mission-Arlee-Charlo (MAC) Bulldogs, opened their 2022 campaign with bats ablaze this past week.
In their season opener on the road Tuesday, Mar. 29, MAC trounced the hosting Eureka Lady Lions 17-1.
Hayleigh Smith led MAC at the plate going 4-for-4 with two singles, two doubles, and two RBIs.
Also for MAC, Bennan Anderson drove in three runs, followed by Rheid Crawford and Kate Young with two RBIs apiece.
Winning pitcher Izzy Evans struck out seven in three innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk. In two innings of work out of the bullpen, Payton Smith struck out four Lady Lion batters.
Playing at home on Thursday, MAC batters struggled to put runs on the scoreboard, falling to the Frenchtown Lady Broncs 11-5.
On the day, MAC pitchers Evans and Smith gave up 11 runs on 11 hits and walked six Lady Bronc batters.
Young paced MAC at the plate with a seventh inning two run home run and three RBIs.
In a double header match up Saturday against the visiting Anaconda Lady Copperheads, MAC swept the Lady Copperheads, winning the first game by a margin of 16-1 and in the second game 18-2.
In the opener, after giving up a first inning Anaconda home run, Smith went on to pitch three scoreless innings with six strikeouts and a walk for her first win on the season.
Jerny Crawford went yard twice for MAC, hitting home runs in the first and second innings. Crawford finished the day 4-for-4 with two home runs, two triples, and four RBIs.
Young also notched four RBIs in the first game, followed by Rheid Crawford with three RBIs, and Evans with two RBIs.
In the second game, the Lady Copperheads jumped out to an early 2-0 first inning lead, however a 14 run second inning scoring frenzy by MAC put the game well out of Anaconda striking distance.
In an abbreviated game that ended by mercy rule at the completion of the third inning, Evans picked up her second win of the season, giving up two runs on three hits, walking one, and striking out two.
Jerny Crawford booked her third home run of the day with a second inning inside the park dinger that pushed three runs across the plate. Crawford finished the game 2-for-3 with six RBIs.
Also for MAC, Anderson drove in three runs, followed by Evans and Rheid Crawford who had two RBIs apiece.
