CURWENSVILLE – Picking up eleven walks and two hit batsmen, along with nine hits, enabled the visiting Brookville Raiders baseball team to defeat the Curwensville Golden Tide Monday afternoon in Curwensville, 12-2, in a game that ended after six innings due to the ten-run mercy rule.
The Raiders picked up five quick runs in the top of the first inning to put pressure on the young Golden Tide nine who dropped to 0-4 on the season.
Curwensville would respond with a run of its own in the bottom half of the first as shortstop Tanner Elensky lead off with a single and second baseman Brett Gardner reached base on an error.
A sacrifice fly by Jesse Zorger with one out would drive home Elensky later in the inning, but the Tide would learn that they would need a bunch more tallies to stay in the game with the Raiders.
The game remained 5-1 in favor of Brookville through three complete innings until the Raiders would add seven more runs over the final three frames.
Curwensville would score its final run in the bottom of the fourth when catcher Kyle Bloom singled and Kyle Johns, the Tide starting pitcher, would double giving Curwensville runners on second and third with only one out.
Elensky would pick up the RBI as he then singled to drive home courtesy runner Jordan Russell.
Tide coach Denny Johns made it simple afterwards, “We really need to start throwing strikes. You just can’t issue 11 walks against a team like Brookville.”
Then Johns added, “I’m happy that we are getting guys on base but we just can’t seem to get the key or timely hits when we need them.”
Elensky, Bloom and Johns each had two hits for Curwensville while Seth Connor, Nathan St. Laurent and Nathan Bonfardine all had two hits for the Raiders.
Tyler Dombrowski went the distance for Brookville to pick up the win.
The Golden Tide will once again play at home on Wednesday when they host the Elkers of Ridgway at 4:15 pm.
BROOKVILLE – 12
Seth Connor ss 5320, Pat Brush 2b 3310, Tyler Dombrowski p 2311, Zane Hackett 1b 1103, Brock Bietz cf 5000, Nathan Bonfardine 3b 4124, Nathan St. Laurent lf 3123, Dakota Singelton c 1000, Cameron Yard rf 3011, A. J. Skerkavich ph 0000, TOTALS 27 12 9 12.
CURWENSVILLE – 2
Tanner Elensky ss 3121, Brett Gardner 2b 3000, Boone McGary 1b 3000, Jesse Zorger lf 2001, Brad Coudriet cf 3000, Todd Munchak 3b 3000, Kyle Bloom c 3020, Jordan Russell cr 0100, Kyle Johns p, 2020, Alex Olson cr 0000, Ricky Magnuson p 0000, Hunter McCracken ph 1000, Alex Holland rf 1000, TOTALS – 24 2 6 2.
SCORE BY INNINGS
BROOKVILLE 500 232 x 12 9 4
CURWENSVILLE 100 100 x 2 6 3
Game stopped after six innings due to the ten run mercy rule.
ERRORS – Brush 2, Bonfardine, Connor, Gardner, Elensky, Munchak. LOB – BROOKVILLE – 11 CURWENSVILLE – 6. DP – CURWENSVILLE. 2B – Connor, Bonfardine, Johns. SB – Brush, St. Laurent, Elensky, Russell. SAC – Hackett, Zorger. HBP – Singleton 2 (by Johns).
PITCHING
BROOKVILLE
Dombrowski 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
CURWENSVILLE
Johns 4 IP, 5 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 7 BB, 4 K, 2 HB
Magnuson 2 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 0 K
WP – Dombrowski LP – Johns (0-2)
Golden Tide Scoreboard:
| Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
| 3/27 | DUBOIS CENTRAL | 5 – 8 | 0 – 1 |
| 3/31 | “Harry Combs Classic” in VA | ||
| Broadway, VA | 4 – 18 | 0 – 2 | |
| Central, VA | 4 – 6 | 0 – 3 | |
| 4/02 | BROOKVILLE | 2 – 12 | 0 – 4 |
| 4/04 | RIDGWAY |