COUDERSPORT – State College built an 8-0 lead before the Clearfield Babe Ruth League 13-15 All-Stars finally solved the pitching of Ben Sallade in the opening game of the District 8 Tournament at the Coudersport Area Rec Park Field Friday afternoon.
Then, it was a case of too little, too late for Clearfield, which fell 9-4 and dropped into today\’s 11:30 elimination bracket quarterfinal against West End of Williamsport. Host Potter/McKean edged West End 5-4 in 8 innings in Friday\’s other game.
A victory would move Clearfield into the 2 o\’clock elimination bracket semifinal against either Potter/McKean or Quadco.
The elimination bracket final and championship game are set for Sunday afternoon.
State College scored three unearned runs off loser Parker Herrington in the first inning and added two more runs in the second, one on Will Pryor\’s home run.
Chad Zurat broke up Sallade\’s no-hitter with a double to lead off the fifth inning. Justin Hoffman doubled and Derek Danver tripled for runs batted in, and Danver scored on a groundout by Herrington.
In the seventh, Clearfield loaded the bases with no outs when Zurat\’s fly ball was dropped and Hoffman and Isaac Butler singled. However, Sallade retired the next three batters, giving up one run on Herrington\’s forceout.
Sallade finished with a five-hitter. The lefthander struck out seven and walked six.
Clearfield manager Sid Lansberry used three hurlers. Hoffman worked two innings and Trey Campman pitched the final three.
The trio gave up nine hits and nine walks, but only four of State College\’s runs were earned.
STATE COLLEGE – 9
Willie Sefter rf 4101, Will Pryor ss 4112, Shane Regel c 2100, Steve McNott ph 0000, Aaron Sallade 1b 2221, Mike Snocynski 2b 2000, Tyler Hochberg 3b 2111, Fred Holzworth ph 1101, Ben Sallade p 3010, Chris Witherite lf 1000, Matt Fryar lf 3011, Alec McGlaughlin cf 3010, Cody Ball ph 1110, Sam Rodgers 2b-1b 4130. TOTALS: 32 9 11 7.
CLEARFIELD – 4
Justin Hoffman lf-p-cf 3121, Isaac Butler 1b 4010, Derek Danver ss 3111, Parker Herrington p-lf-3b 2002, Trey Campman cf-p 4000, Matt Lonjin c 2000, Robert Lombardo ph 1000, Kyle Timchak rf-lf 1000, Luke Peterson ph 0000, Ben Kline 3b 2000, Wil Beauseigneur rf 1000, Chad Zurat 2b 3210. TOTALS: 26 4 5 4.
Score by Innings:
State College 320 120 1 – 9 11 3
Clearfield 000 030 1 – 4 5 4
Errors – Sefter, B. Sallade, Witherite; Danver, Herrington Kline, Lonjin. LOB – State College 11; Clearfield 5; 2B – A. Sallade, B. Sallade, Rodgers 2; Hoffman, Zurat. 3B – Danver. HR – Pryor. SF – Sefter. SB – A. Sallade, Witherite.
Pitching
State College – B. Sallade 7 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 6 BB, 7 K.
Clearfield – Herrington 2 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K; Hoffman 2 IP (faced 2 batters in 5th), 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K; Campman 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 1 K.
HB – Herrington 1 (Regel).
W – B. Sallade. L – Herrington.