HYDE – James Zimmermann\’s grand slam home run in the sixth inning and Justin Hoffman\’s five-inning relief pitching stint keyed the Clearfield Legion Post 6 baseball team\’s 7-6 win over Punxsutawney in Jefferson County League action at the Bison Sports Complex Sunday evening.
The comeback victory gave the Chiefs a 1-1 start. They had dropped their season opener, 8-4, to Brookville Saturday afternoon.
Punxsy expanded its early lead against starter Aaron Sayers to 5-0 in the third inning lead when Chiefs manager Sid Lansberry brought in Hoffman, who held the visitors to one run and three hits. The right-hander struck out one and walked four.
Clearfield trailed 5-1 after five innings, stranding seven runners against three Punxsy pitchers, who were limited in pitch counts because the high school team still is involved in the District 9 Class AAA Playoffs.
In the sixth, two errors and a botched fielder\’s choice play gave the Chiefs a run and left two runners aboard. Wil Bacharach walked for the second time and Jarrin Campman singled to make it 6-3 before Zimmermann unloaded his homer over the fence in left center.
Adam Jury and Kyle Kline had two hits apiece for the Chiefs. Jury also drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly in the third inning.
Starting pitcher Austin Furman and Zach Smith each had two hits and two runs batted in for Punxsy.
On Saturday, Brookville snapped a 2-2 tie with five runs in the fourth inning and Tyler Ferry pitched two scoreless innings in relief of winner Chase Lyle.
Nick Bishop, Dusty Dumbroski and Garrett Spence had two hits apiece and combined for five RBIs.
Jury and Derek Danver singled and doubled for Clearfield\’s only hits.
The Chiefs tied the game with two runs in the second on Danver\’s single, two walks, an error and Jury\’s double.
Danver drove in their other two in the fifth.
Corey Bookhamer took the loss, with Sayers and Parker Herrington working in relief.
Herrington turned in a strong performance, racking up six strikeouts and shutting out Brookville over the final two innings.
The Chiefs will travel to DuBois Tuesday for a 6 p.m. game.
BROOKVILLE — 8
Cayliff Warling cf 5211, Nick Bishop 2b 33321, Dusty Dumbroski ss 3122, Chris Gertz ss 1000, Garrett Spence 3b 3022, Andy McHenry 3b 1000, Jered Heschke 1b 4011, Mike Lindermuth lf 2110, Ryan Zimmerman lf 2010, Tyler Ferry rf-p 3000, Eathen Harmon c 1100, Dakota Singleton c 2010, Tyler Sorger dh 2011, Chase Lyle p 0000, Garrett Weaver rf 1000. TOTALS: 33 8 12 8.
CLEARFIELD — 4
Adam Jury ss 4121, Kyle Kline 1b 2000, Tanner St. Clair lf 4000, Parker Herrington 2b-p 2100, Derek Danver 3b 3122, Justin Hoffman rf-2b 2100, Wil Bacharach c 0000, Michael Moyer dh 2000, Corey Bookhamer p 1001, Aaron Sayers p-rf 2000, David Ryan cf 2000, Chris Barr ph 1000. TOTALS: 25 4 4 4.
Score by Innings
Brookville 200 501 0 – 8 12 1
Clearfield 020 020 0 – 4 4 3
Errors – Dumbroski; Danver 2, Bacharach. PB – Bacharach 3. DP – Brookville 1 (Spence, Bishop and Heschke); Clearfield 1 (Jury and Kline). LOB – Brookville 7; Clearfield 6. 2B – Spence, Heschke; Jury, Danver. 3B – Bishop. SB – Warling.
Pitching
Brookville – Lyle 5 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 4 K; Ferry 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K.
Clearfield – Bookhamer 3-2/3 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 4 BB, 3 K; Sayers 1-1/3 IP (faced 1 batter in 6th), 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K; Herrington 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K.
W – Lyle (1-0). L – Bookhamer (0-1).
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PUNXSUTAWNEY — 6
Chad Davis ss 2010, Nick Gillung dh 1100, Austin Furman p-rf 2222, Tommy Bush 3b 2111, Alex Cressley 3b 3010, Zach Smith 2b 3112, Tyler Wingard 1b 2000, Dave Kachmare 1b 0000, Dane Kopas rf-cf-lf 2000, Chase Tibbs cf 1000, Jacob Stumpf cf-p-cf 3010, Kyle Neal p 1000, Zack Martin c 3000, Dakota Bish ph 0000, Nick Pascuzzo lf-p-lf 3100. TOTALS: 27 6 8 5.
CLEARFIELD — 7
Jarrin Campman rf-cf 3111, James Zimmermann 2b 3114, Adam Jury ss 3021, Kyle Kline 1b-3b 4020, Derek Danver 3b 1000, Corey Bookhamer 1b 2000, Tanner St. Clair lf 3120, David Ryan cf 0000, Justin Hoffman dh-p 2100, Aaron Sayers p-rf 3110, Wil Bacharach c 0200, Chris Barr ph 1000. TOTALS: 25 7 9 6.
Score by Innings
Punxsutawney 203 100 0 – 6 8 2
Clearfield 001 006 x – 7 9 2
Errors – Davis, Martin; Sayers 2. DP – Punxsutawney 2 (Davis, Smith and Wingard 2). LOB – Punxsutawney 8; Clearfield 7. 2B – Furman. 3B – Kline. HR – Zimmermann. Sac – Kopas. SF – Jury. SB – Furman 2, Bush, Smith 3.
Pitching
Punxsutawney – Furman 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K; Stumpf 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K; Pascuzzo 2-1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K; Neal 1 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 0 K.
Clearfield – Sayers 2+ IP (faced 4 batters in 3rd), 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 1 K; Hoffman 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 1 K.
WP – Neal 2.
W – Hoffman (1-0). L – Neal (0-1).
