HYDE – After failing to score in the first inning, Punxsutawney posted at least two runs during its next six-at bats to spoil Clearfield\’s opener 20-12 in Jefferson County Legion League baseball action Monday evening at the Bison Sports Complex.
With an eye on Wednesday\’s District 9 Class AAA championship game involving most the same players, both managers checked out their pitching depth. The result was 30 hits and 14 walks.
Clearfield also committed eight errors in falling to 2-1 overall.
Jarrin Campman belted a three-run homer in the first inning for the Chiefs, who claimed the lead for the last time with three more runs in the second. Adam Jury\’s two-run homer tied the score, and Brandon Evans\’ sacrifice fly made it 6-5.
Jury\’s RBI-single got Clearfield even at 7-7 in the lower third before Punxsy went in front to stay with four runs in the fourth.
Jury singled across two runs in the fifth inning, when the Chiefs pulled to within one run, 13-12, but the visitors pulled away with four in the sixth and three in the seventh.
Punxsy\’s big guns were Dustin Dubensky with a double, a homer and four RBIs, Jacob Stump with a single, a double and three ribbies and Chris Reeseman with two singles, a homer and three runs bated in. Alex Cressley also had three safeties.
Stump, the third Punxsy pitcher, shut out the hosts over the last 2-2/3 innings to earn the win.
For Clearfield, Jury had three hits and five RBIs, while Evans and Campman had two hits apiece.
Corey Bookhamer, the first of three hurlers called on by manager Sid Lansberry, was tagged with the loss. Tanner St. Clair and James Zimmerman also pitched. Half of the runs they allowed were unearned.
The Chiefs will travel to DuBois Thursday for a 6 p.m. JCL game at Showers Field.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — 20
Nick Gillung cf 2010, Jacob Stump cf-p 3224, Zack Smith 2b 3000, Mike Smiley 2b 3211, Dustin Dubensky p-3b 4224, Sherm Smith 3b 1000, Patrick McKee 1b 3210, Matt Lovelace 1b 1000, Alex Cressley 3b 3330, Nick Pascuzzo p-cf 1100, Chris Reeseman dh 3233, Dave Pisano rf 1000, Tyler Grayson rf 1000, Austin Furman lf 3101, Tommy Bush lf 2211, Zach Martin c 2112, Dakota Bish c 2110, Chad Davis ss 4110. TOTALS: 42 20 17 16.
CLEARFIELD — 12
Adam Jury ss 5335, James Zimmerman 2b-3b-p 4100, Tanner St. Clair lf-p-2b 4011, Brandon Evans c 3121, Jarrin Campman rf-2b-3b 5123, Alex Billotte dh 1110, Corey Bookhamer p-1b 0000, Chris Barr dh 1110, Michael Moyer 1b 1000, Aaron Sayers lf 3110, Kyle Kline 3b 2210, Wil Bacharach rf 0000, David Ryan cf 4110. TOTALS: 33 12 13 10.
Score by Innings:
Punxsutawney 052 424 3 – 20 17 2
Clearfield 331 050 0 – 12 13 8
Errors – McKee, Davis; Jury 2, Zimmerman 2, Sayers, Bacharach, Ryan 2. DP – Punxsutawney 1 (Davis and McKee). LOB – Punxsutawney 5; Clearfield 11. 2B – Stump, Smiley, Dubensky, Reeseman; Sayers. HR – Dubensky, Reeseman; Jury, Campman. SF – Evans. SB – Cressley.
Pitching
Punxsutawney – Dubensky 3 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 4 ER, 3 BB; 4 K; Pascuzzo 1-1/3 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 0 K; Stump 2-2/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K.
Clearfield – Bookhamer 3-1/3 IP, 9 H, 11 R, 6 ER, 5 BB, 1 K; St. Clair 3 IP, 5 H, 8 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K; Zimmerman 2-/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K.
W – Stump. L – Bookhamer (0-1).
