Punxsutawney — With the season on the line, Coach Sid Lansberry\’s Cearfield Legion squad (16-15) starting hitting early and never stopped. In blasting league runner-up Punxsutawney 18-8, the Chiefs advance to the finals against regular season champion DuBois (17-3).
The Chiefs will travel to Showers Field on Tuesday night for a 5:30 pm start. They will need to beat DuBois twice this week to claim the league crown and advance to the Region 7 tournament.
Clearfield had offensive stars throughout the lineup as four players had at least three hits, four players had three or more RBIs, and three playerss slugged extra-base hits.
In pitching the first five innings, Chad Zurat picked up the win with three effecive reliefs innings provided by Corey Bookhamer.
The Chiefs never trailed in the game, but at the end of five full innings, they held a slim 8-7 advantage. Four and five run salvos in the seventh and eighth innings sealed Punxsutawney\’s fate.
Clearfield —- 18
Jarrin Campman 2B 6220, Kyle Timchak DH 5231, Shane Harper LF 0000, Kyler Kephart 1B 0000, Justin Hoffman RF 5220, Corey Bookhamer 1B-P 6444, Derek Danver SS 4332, Aaron Sayers CF 5223, Andy Redden C 3323, Justyn Knepp PR 0000, Chad Zurat P- LF 6034, Tyler Jacobson 3B 3000, Luke Peterson 3B 20000 TOTALS 45 18 21 18
Punxsutawney — 8
Brad Pennington LF-CF 5220, Tommy Bush SS 4011, Jacob Stumpf CF-P 4110, Tyler Skeravich 1B 5232, Tyler Wingard DH 4100, Sean Smith P 0000, Bradley Lowmaster P-RF 0000, Joe Pisano 3B-P-3B 4132, Kyle Neal 2B 3111, Dom Bevak C 2000, Dylan Kachmar SS 1000, Devan Neal RF 2000, Levy PH 1011, Zach Dickey 3B-LF 1000
Score by Innings
Clearfield 403 011 45 18 18 2
Punxsutawney 112 120 10 8 12 4
Errors – Danver -2, Pisano, Bush, Lowmaster, Kachmar; LOB – Clearfield – 8, Punxsutawney – 8; 2B – Bookhamer, Redden, Zurat, Pennington, Skeravich (2), Pisano; HR – Bookhamer (Grandslam), Redden; SB – Campman
Pitching
Clearfield – Chad Zurat 5 IP, 7 R, 7 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, Balk, 1 HB Corey Bookhamer 3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Punxsutawney – Sean Smith 5.1 IP, 14 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 3 BB, 1 K Bradley Lowmaster 1.1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K Joey Pisano .1 IP 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, Jacob Stumpf 1 IP 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0K
W – Zurat, L- Smith