FIGUEROA’S BAT DIGS CANFIELD OUT OF EARLY HOLE
CANFIELD OH- Canfield dug themselves into a hole early, but Leah Figueroa came through with a big bat and even bigger timing to help the Cardinals rally past Marlington 9-7 Friday night at McCune Park.
Down 5-0 by the second inning, things looked rough out of the gate. Marlington jumped ahead off an error, a sac fly, a double, and then added a solo shot in the second to build a five-run cushion. But Canfield didn’t blink.
The comeback started in the bottom of the second when Alexis Johnson smoked a two-run homer to left, and Jenna Triveri followed it up with a double to cut it to 5-3. Then in the fourth, Canfield kept the pressure on. A bases-loaded walk trimmed the deficit, and Figueroa came through with a clutch triple that tied the game and flipped momentum. She wasn’t done.
In the sixth, Figueroa launched a two-run bomb over the left field wall to give Canfield the lead for good. It capped a night where she drove in four on three hits—easily the spark plug for the rally.
Marlington didn’t go away quietly, knocking another two-run homer in the top of the seventh to make things interesting, but the Cardinals’ bullpen held it down to seal the win.
Canfield finished with 11 hits—Triveri and Johnson each had multi-hit nights—and the defense chipped in with a double play when it mattered. Next up, Canfield heads to Boardman on Monday, looking to keep the momentum rolling.
