BIGLER – Four-Leaf Clover scored 11 runs in the bottom of the third inning to turn a tie game into a 16-5 Mercy Rule victory over the Clearfield Little League 9-and-10 All-Stars in a District 5 Northern Tier winner’s bracket semifinal Tuesday evening.
Clearfield had gone ahead for the second time at 5-2 when Matt Collins socked a three-run homer in the top of the second, but Four-Leaf Clover drew even with three runs in the bottom of the frame.
Led by winning pitcher Dylan Confer’s single and two doubles, the hosts collected 12 hits off of three Clearfield pitchers, who walked seven. The losers also had nine errors.
Thayne Morgan, Malachi Dixson and Micah Heichel had a pair of singles apiece and Zane Morgan drove in three runs for Four-Leaf Clover, which will have the home-field advantage again Thursday in the winner’s bracket final against Philipsburg-Osceola.
Collins and Noah Rumsky each had two of Clearfield’s seven hits off Confer. Jesse Thompson logged the final two outs for Four-Leaf Clover.
Clearfield (1-1) will welcome Curwensville (1-1) to McNamee Field for an elimination bracket quarterfinal Wednesday at 6 p.m.
CLEARFIELD — 5
Reese Wilson 2b 2100, Jake Sorbera c 3111, Matt Collins p-cf-1b 3123, Noah Rumsky cf-p-cf 3021, Mike Ternoway 1b-p 2000, Eli Glass 3b 1000, Jeremy Learish rf 0000, Ethan McGinnis rf 10000, Parker Hoyt 3b 1000, Wyatt Porter lf 1110, Jon Gates lf 1000, Matt Ryan ss 1110. TOTALS: 19 5 7 5.
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER — 16
Griff Eamigh 3b 1000, Thayne Morgan 2b 2320, Dylan Confer p-1b 4331, Zane Morgan ss 2103, Ty Bender lf 3201, Malachi Dixson 2b 2121, Jesse Thompson 1b-p 2111, Micah Heichel cf 2121, Jimmy Pilosky c 2211, Justin Fernburg rf 1110, Kyle Myers rf 1100, Thad Butler rf 0000. TOTALS: 22 16 12 9.
Score by Innings
Clearfield 14 0 0 – 5 7 9
Four-Leaf Clover 23(11) x – 16 12 0
LOB – Clearfield 5; Four-Leaf Clover 6. 2B – Confer 2. HR – Collins. Sac – Z. Morgan. SB – Confer, Heichel, Pilosky.
Pitching
Clearfield – Collins 2-1/3 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 4 K; Rumsky 1/3 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB; Ternoway 1/3 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K.
Four-Leaf Clover – Confer 3-1/3 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K; Thompson 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K.
W – Confer. L – Collins (1-1).
