REYNOLDSVILLE – The Clearfield American Legion Post 6 baseball team made it a short opening day in the Jefferson County League by raking four Reynoldsville pitchers for 14 hits that, coupled with 10 walks, turned into an 18-1 victory Sunday afternoon.
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The game was halted after five innings because of the JCL’s 12-run Mercy Rule.
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Andrew Redden, Kyle Timchak and Corey Bookhamer were the big guns for manager Sid Lansberry’s Chiefs.
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They combined for 11 hits and 14 runs batted in.
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Redden ripped two singles, a double and a home run to knock in six runs.
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Timchak rapped three singles and a double, good for four RBIs.
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Bookhamer singed twice and homered, driving in four runs.
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Bookhamer also took care of the mound work, limiting the hosts to five hits and three walks while striking out nine.
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Redden’s two-run homer off loser Joe Brennan in the first inning proved to be the winning hit.
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Bookhamer capped a six-run outburst in the second with a three-run blast. Timchak had singled for two RBIs and Redden had single home another run.
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The Chiefs pulled away with three runs off Paul Butler in the third, four off Garrett Laborde in the fourth and three off Ryan Walker in the fifth.
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Walker homered in the fourth inning for the lone Reynoldsville run.
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Houston Fairman had two hits for the losers.
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CLEARFIELD — 18
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Jarrett Fulmer 2b 3200, Kyle Timchak rf 5444, Redden 1b 4345, Danver ss 3111, Bookhamer p 5134, Luke Peterson 3b 4100, Shane Harper cf 2210, Troy Danver c 3111, Ronny Ogden lf 1300, Tyler Jacobson ph 1000. TOTALS: 31 18 14 16.
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REYNOLDSVILLE — 1
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Shawn LaBorde rf 1000, Travis Hale rf 1000, Brett Sutika 2b 2010, Nick Esposito 2b 1000, Houston Fairman cf 2010, Shane Hoover ss 1000, Mike Hutchins ss 1000, Joe Brennan p-lf 1000, Nate Flock 1b-3b 1000, Ryan Walker 3b-p 2111, Garrett LaBorde 1b-p-1b 1010, Jim Maddox 1b 1000, Paul Butler lf-p 1000, Derek Dixon lf 1000, Brett Zimmerman c 0000, Jared Baummer c 1000. TOTALS: 18 1 5 1.
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Score by Innings
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Clearfield        263 43 – 18 14 1
Reynoldsville    000 10 –  1   5 3
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Errors – Peterson; Hale, Esposito, Hutchins. LOB – Clearfield 9; Reynoldsville 5. 2B – Timchak, Redden; Fairman. HR – Redden (1), Bookhamer (1); Walker (1).
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Pitching
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Clearfield – Bookhamer 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 9 K.
Reynoldsville – Brennan 1-2/3 IP, 5 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 3 BB, 0 K; Butler 1-1/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K; G. LaBorde 1/3 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K; Walker 1-2/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K.
HB – Brennan 1 (Danver). WP – Brennan 1, Walker 1. Balk – Butler 1.
W – Bookhamer (1-0). L – Brennan (0-1).