BANGOR TOWNSHIP, MI -- There are comebacks and there are crazy comebacks.
And John Glenn just got a whole lotta crazy once again.
Four days after rallying from a 10-run deficit, the Bobcats did themselves one better with a seventh-inning charge for the ages.
Trailing 10-4 heading into its final at-bats, Glenn put a nine-spot on the board – incredibly scoring six runs with two outs – to stun Alma 13-10 in a wild Tri-Valley East softball showdown.
“It was a great day, a great comeback,” Glenn coach Dale Clyde said. “It was all about never giving up. Our dugout was alive and that seventh inning was crazy.”
Glenn managed just five hits and four runs through the first six innings and seemed on the verge of defeat when it came to bat in the top of the seventh. But the Bobcats had some serious final-inning magic up their sleeves.
Glenn ripped six hits in the last frame, refusing to go quietly despite the 10-4 deficit. The Bobcats were still down 10-7 when they made their second out, but an unforgettable moment was in the making.
The bases were loaded when leadoff hitter Brooke Moeller stepped to the plate. The senior promptly drove a liner down the right field line and was off to the races. She circled the bases for a timely and dramatic inside-the-park grand slam that suddenly put her team on top, 11-10, and had the dugout in delirium.
“She sent one into the right field corner and wheeled all the way around,” Clyde said. “She had a great slide at the plate and was safe.
“We strung a whole bunch of hits together at the end, which was a lot of fun. I give the girls a ton of credit for that.”
This coming from a team that was sitting on just four wins for the season earlier this week. But Glenn has now won five of its past six, including two sensational come-from-behind wins.
The Bobcats trailed Saginaw Valley Lutheran by 10 runs on Monday but turned that game completely around to win by nine. The revival against Alma may have been even more stunning.
Moeller finished with a six-RBI game and joined Gabi Mezy, Olivia Kuehne and Cadince Philopolus with two hits in the monumental win for the Bobcats (9-20, 4-8).
Glenn won the opener 18-5 after spotting Alma a four-run first-inning lead. Moeller shut down the Panthers from there and notched both victories on the day. She tallied five hits and two RBIs in Game 1 while Carmyn Mackenzie led the attack with a home run among four hits and four RBIs.
Mia Piotrowski notched three hits and three RBIs for Glenn while Kenzy Bach had two hits and two RBIs.
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