BIGLER – Wyatt Westen pitched a two-hitter and combined with Jon Janocko and C.J. Gathagan for seven hits and nine runs batted in as the Clearfield Little League 11-12 All-Stars bounced back from Friday\’s 9-1 loss to Philipsburg-Osceola with a 10-0 win over host Four-Leaf Clover Sunday evening at the Bigler Little League Field.
Westen struck out seven, walked four and hit one in his complete-game shutout that earned Clearfield (2-1) a rematch with Philipsburg Tuesday in the District 5 Northern Tier finals.
Manager Dave Campolong\’s team (2-1) must knock off Philipsburg-Osceola (2-0) at Homer Maney Memorial Field in Chester Hill to force a deciding game for the tier title.
Janocko slugged two home runs, Gathagan jump-started the Clearfield attack with a three-run home run in the second inning and also singled twice and Westen belted a pair of doubles to power Clearfield\’s 10-hit attack against three Four-Leaf Clover pitchers. They had three RBIs apiece.
After going down in order against Cole Kephart in the first frame, the visitors got rolling in the second when Gathagan homered to center field after a walk to Janocko and a bunt single by Jared Williams.
Two outs later, an error and Josh Sorbera\’s single set the table for Westen, and he made it 5-0 with a double.
Janocko connected for a two-run homer in the fourth and a solo shot in the sixth.
Sorbera plated Gathagan with his second hit in the third and then walked and scored on Westen\’s second two-bagger in the fifth.
Kephart and Logan Puit had the only hits off of Westen.
CLEARFIELD — 10
Josh Sorbera c 3221, Wyatt Westen p 4023, Spencer Herrington ss 3100, Jon Janocko 1b 3323, Jared Williams cf 3110, C.J. Gathagan 1b 4233, Zach Timchak rf 1000, Sawyer Rowles rf 1000, Kyle Kushner lf 2010, Robby Carns lf 1000, Curtis Collins 2b 4100. TOTALS: 25 10 11 10.
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER — 0
Nick Fenush lf-cf 3000, Cole Kephart p-2b-ss 3010, Nate Kerlin 1b-p-1b 3000, Erik Sellers 2b-1b-2b 1000, Logan Puit c 2010, Jessie Martin c 1000, Connor Myers rf 1000, Taggert Meek rf 1000, Kody Trude ss-p 1000, Walker Williams 3b 3000, Austin Krise cf 1000, Skyler Krise lf 1000. TOTALS: 20 0 2 0.
Clearfield 051 211 – 10 11 1
Four-Leaf Clover 000 000 – 0 2 4
Errors – Herrington; Kerlin, Sellers, Myers, Meek. Clearfield 5; Four-Leaf Clover 7. 2B – Westen 2. HR – Janocko 2, Gathagan.
Pitching
Clearfield – Westen 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 7 K.
Four-Leaf Clover – Kephart 1-2/3 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 K, 2 BB; Kerlin 3-1/3 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K; Trude 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K.
HB – Westen 1 (Sellers); Kerlin (Williams).
W – Westen (1-0). L – Kephart.
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On Friday at Clearfield\’s McNamee Field, Philipsburg-Osceola bunched all of its eight hits into two innings, breaking open a 3-1 game with six runs in the sixth.
The visitors spoiled an otherwise strong effort by Janocko with three runs in the third.
Tanner Lamb singled home the first run, Caleb Pepperday picked up an RBI with a forceout and Tim Eason walked with the bases loaded for the third marker.
The two hits and three walks Janocko surrendered in five innings all came in that frame. He departed on the short end of a 3-1 score because of the Little League Pitch-Count Rule.
Two errors opened the door for P-O in the sixth, and the winners capitalized against two Clearfield relief pitchers with a two-run double by Lowman Pryde, and RBI-singles by Tanner Wilson, Lamb and Eason and an RBI-double by Pepperday.
Eason turned in a three-hit route-going performance on the mound.
He posted 10 strikeouts and did not walk a batter.
He did hit Westen, who stole second and scored on Janocko\’s single in the third inning.
Westen and Spencer Herrington also singled for Clearfield.
PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA — 9
Chad Thompson 2b 3100, Tanner Lamb ss 4222, Caleb Pepperday cf 3112, Lewis Jones c 4010, Tim Eason p 3012, Granville 1b 2000, Ben Sinclair 1b 1100, Ben Johnson lf 1000, Winters lf 1010, Denny Myers lf 1100, Lowman Pryde rf 2112, Ryan Kost rf 1000, Tanner Wilson 3b 2211. TOTALS: 28 9 8 9.
CLEARFIELD — 1
Sorbera c 3000, Westen 3b-p-rf 2110, Herrington ss 3010, Janocko p-3b 3011, Brady rf 1000, Rowles rf-p 1000, Gathagan 1b 2000, Kushner lf 1000, Carns lf 1000, Timchak cf 1000, Williams cf 1000, Collins 2b 2000. TOTALS: 21 1 3 1.
Score by Innings
P-O 003 006 – 9 8 0
Clearfield 000 100 – 1 3 4
Errors – Janocko, Rowles, Gathagan, Carns. LOB – Philipsburg-Osceola 7; Clearfield 3. 2B – Pepperday; Westen. Sac – Myers.
Pitching
P-O – Eason 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 10 K.
Clearfield – Janocko 5 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 7 K; Westen 0 IP (faced 5 batters), 2 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K; Rowles 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 K, 1 BB.
HB – Eason 1 (Westen); Janocko 1 (Lamb).
W – Eason. L – Janocko (1-1).
