HYDE – Brookville scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning to hand Clearfield an 11-8 Jefferson County Legion Baseball League setback at the Bison Sports Complex Wednesday evening.
Each team held the lead twice before the Laurel Eye Clinic team took advantage of four walks and two Chiefs\’ errors to even its record at 4-4.
Jacob Nunley\’s two-run single, which provided the insurance runs, was the lone hit of the inning.
Clearfield, which dipped under .500 at 4-5 in the JCLL, trailed 2-0 in the third when Chris Barr and Wil Bacharach singled and James Zimmerman cracked a three-run home run over the left center fence. A walk, a wild pitch, an error and Aaron Sayers\’ RBI-single made it 5-2.
Brookville answered with four runs in the fourth, two on Nunley\’s first hit, but the Chiefs regained the lead at 7-6 in the fifth on Corey Bookhamer\’s run-scoring single and Barr\’s groundout with the bases loaded. Zimmerman\’s double, a sacrifice bunt and Campman\’s groundout produced another run in the sixth.
Nunley was the beneficiary of the visitors\’ comeback in the seventh. He gave up one run and one hit while striking out two in two innings after relieving Jacob Means.
Gabe Wonderling belted a double and a triple while Greg Sobol homered and singled for Brookville.
Michael Moyer, who pitched the first five innings, took the loss after returning to the mound in the seventh when Sayers was unable to continue pitching because of a sore arm. They combined for nine strikeouts but issued 12 walks and allowed eight hits.
Eight of Brookville\’s runs were unearned, though, due to six of Clearfield\’s seven errors.
Zimmerman\’s two extra base blows and Barr\’s two singles paced the Chiefs.
Clearfield, 6-5 overall, will be play four games at the Lawrence Township Rec Park Field this weekend in the 19-and-Under Division of the Mid-Atlantic \”World Wood Bat Association\” Showcase XXV sponsored by Bellefonte Baseball.
The Chiefs will host Wayne (Pa.) Senior Legion Post 668 at 10 a.m. and Ottawa (Ontario) Nepean Canadians at 5:30 p.m. on Friday and Bustleton (Pa.) Legion Post 810 at 10 a.m. and Plainfield (Ill.) Legion Post 1080 at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
The Punxsutawney Legion will play the same visiting teams both days in 12:30 and 3 o\’clock starts.
In a change in the original schedule, eight of the 26 teams teams will return Sunday for the quarterfinals, with Clearfield hosting a game if it advances. The semifinals and championship game will be played at Bellefonte.
BROOKVILLE – 11
Gabe Wonderling cf 4121, Joe Galbraith ss 2200, Greg Sobol 1b 4321, Jeremy Aharrah lf-rf 4201, Jacob Means p-lf 3111, Jacob Nunley rf-p 2024, Tyler Ross 3b 4000, Nick Bishop 2b 3200, Shane Heschke c 2000, Michael Lindermuth c 2010. TOTALS: 30 11 8 8.
CLEARFIELD – 8
James Zimmerman, 2b 4223, David Ryan cf 2100, Jarrin Campman ss 4211, Aaron Sayers lf-p-lf 3011, David Welker 3b 3110, Corey Bookhamer 1b 4011, Michael Moyer p 1000, Justin Hoffman dh-lf 3010, Chris Barr rf 3121, Wil Bacharach c 3110. TOTALS: 30 8 10 7.
Score by Innings:
Brookville 002 400 5 – 11 8 1
Clearfield 005 021 0 – 8 10 7
Errors – Galbraith; Zimmerman, Welker 2, Moyer 2, Bacharach 2. DP – Clearfield 1 (Welker and Bacharach). LOB – Brookville 11; Clearfield 5. 2B – Wonderling; Zimmerman. 3B – Wonderling. HR – Sobol; Zimmerman. Sac – Ross; Ryan, Sayers. SB – Wonderling, Galbraith, Nunley 2.
Pitching
Brookville – Means 5 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 7 K; Nunley 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K.
Clearfield – Moyer 5-1/3 IP, 8 H, 9 R, 2 ER, 9 BB, 7 K; Sayers 1-2/3 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K.
WP – Means 1; Moyer 2.
W – Nunley. L – Moyer (1-2).
