Clintonville can’t hold off Caroline comeback

Clintonville A’s went on the road to take on the Caroline Cougars on August 7 in BABA action.

Caroline went up early in the first inning with an RBI single, followed by a three-run home run shot to right field to make the score 4-0.

Clintonville cut into the Caroling lead in the top of the second inning with an RBI single, and Austin Hoffman stole home to make it a 4-2 deficit.

In the third inning, the A’s scored to make it a one-run deficit, and took a commanding lead in the fourth inning as Hoffman scored on a fielder’s choice to tie the game and Andy Lederer homered on a fly ball to right field to bring in three runs and make the score 7-4.

In the top of the sixth inning, two more runs came in for Clintonville as they took a 9-4 lead.

In the bottom of the seventh, Caroline gained momentum with two runs in the inning to go into the eighth down three runs.

Caroline scored six runs in the eighth inning, capped off by a two-run triple to go up 12-9. Caroline did not allow a Clintonville runner on base in the ninth inning as they closed out the game for the win.