TYRONE – Down 5-1 after four innings, the Clearfield Area High School baseball team posted three runs in each of its last three at-bats and outlasted Tyrone 10-9 in Mountain League Allegheny Division action Monday afternoon.
Winning pitcher Jarrett Fulmer drove in three runs with two doubles and a single to pace a 12-hit attack as the Bisons avenged a 9-4 home-field loss to the Golden Eagles on April 11 and evened their record at 5-5.
Derek Danver and Christian Lezzer had two hits apiece while Andrew Redden added two RBIs.
Ian Murray’s two-run single in the third inning and Jordan Faretta’s three-run homer in the fourth provided Tyrone (3-9) with its advantage.
Clearfield, which took a temporary 1-0 lead on singles by Drew Brown and Fulmer around a sacrifice bunt by Coleman Kubala in the third, finally got to starter Matt Hample in the fifth.
Kubala led off with a double and scored on Fulmer’s third consecutive hit. After Danver extended his hitting streak to eight games with a double, Andrew Redden’s sacrifice fly and Trevor Flanagan’s RBI single closed the gap to 5-4.
The Bisons scored six unearned runs off reliever Kerry Cowher to make Fulmer a winner for the second time.
In the sixth, Lezzer singled and came around when Brown’s fly ball was misplayed. Danver and Redden singled across markers to make it 7-5.
Tyrone got one run back, but the Bisons countered with three more, thanks to a pair of Golden Eagle miscues and bases-loaded walks to Kubala and Fulmer.
Those proved all-important when coach Sid Lansberry pulled Fulmer because of a high pitch-count and Flanagan served up a three-run homer to John Kimberling.
Flanagan settled down to whiff the next two batters and, after giving up another hit, induced a game-ending groundout.
Both teams are 2-3 in the division.
Philipsburg-Osceola will be Clearfield’s next opponent for a home game Tuesday and a road trip Wednesday.
The Clearfield junior varsity bumped its record to 3-4 with an 18-5 win.
Winning pitcher Matt Kushner had two hits and scored three runs. Nate Bumbarger also scored three times.
Mountain League Allegheny Division – Central Mountain 5-0, Central 4-2, Philipsburg-Osceola 3-2, Clearfield 2-3, Tyrone 2-3, Huntingdon 0-6.
CLEARFIELD — 10
Jarrett Fulmer p-2b 4133, Derek Danver ss 5221, Andrew Redden 4012, Tyler Jacobson 2b 4000, Trevor Flanagan 3b-p 4021, Tanner Ogden pr 0100, Shane Harper cf 0000, Steve Miller dh 4000, Christian Lezzer rf 4220, Drew Brown lf 3311, Coleman Kubala 1b 1111. TOTALS: 33 10 12 9.
TYRONE — 9
Kerry Cowher ss-p 4210, Jordan Faretta 2b 3233, Jesse Shaffer 3b 3110, Kolten Taylor ph 1000, J.D. Dorminy lf-ss 4031, Ian Murray rf 4022, Courtland Pannebaker cf 4120, Corbin Nevling-Ray c 2210, John Kimberling 1b 4113, Matt Hample p 1000, Markus Wagner lf 2000. TOTALS: 32 9 14 9.
Runs by Innings
Clearfield 001 033 3 – 10 12 0
Tyrone 002 301 3 – 9 14 4
E – Faretta, Shaffer, Murray, Kimberling. LOB – Clearfield 8; Tyrone 9. 2B – Fulmer 2, Danver, Kubala; Dorminy 2, Murray. HR – Faretta, Kimberling. SB – Faretta. CS – Dorminy (by Redden), Hample (by Redden).
Pitching
Clearfield – Fulmer 6 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 5 BB, 4 K; Flanagan 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K.
Tyrone – Hample 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R, R ER, 0 BB, 0 K; Cowher 2 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K.
HB – Cowher 1 (Brown). WP – Fulmer 1. PO – Cowher 1 (Redden).
W – Fulmer (2-3). L – Cowher.
