Freeport shortstop Claire Crytzer scratched "game-winning walk-off home run" off her lists of firsts. He two-run homer in the 9th inning propelled the Yellowjackets into the next round of the playoffs.

FOX CHAPEL — Claire Crytzer couldn't recall playing in an extra inning game before.

She can scratch that off her list.

The big hitting junior shortstop for the Freeport softball team can also scratch “game-winning walk-off home run” off that same list.

Crytzer drilled a line-drive two-run home run over the right field fence at Fox Chapel High School in the bottom of the ninth inning Monday afternoon to give the Yellowjackets a 6-4 win over Steel Valley in the first round of the WPIAL 3A playoffs.

“I didn't know if it had enough to get out,” Crytzer said, laughing. “The wind's blowing out that way, so ...

“It was amazing,” added Crytzer, who now has six home runs this season for a Freeport team that has bashed 30 homers this year. “Rounding first base I couldn't contain my excitement. I was screaming and pumping my fists. It was amazing seeing my teammates at home cheering me on.”

The opposite-field walk-off homer ended a strange game.

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