DUBOIS – Hits were at a premium, but DuBois got more mileage out of its six safeties and pinned a 5-1 defeat on Clearfield in schoolboy non-league baseball action at Showers Field Thursday afternoon.
The Beavers (12-5) got a two-run single by Nick Bontempo in the first inning, a run-scoring single by Devon Walker in the fourth and a solo home run by Sean Sleigh in the fifth.
Walker had a sacrifice fly for another RBI in the second inning.
The Bisons (4-12) averted a shutout on Ronny Ogden’s single and three walks by winning pitcher Ian Yount in the top of the second.
Yount allowed only three hits while striking out four and walking five in six innings.
Clearfield’s fourth hit came off reliever Bryson Paulinelli in the seventh.
For the Bisons, starter Kyler Kephart took the loss, surrendering five hits, four walks and four runs in 3-2/3 innings.
Sleigh’s homer was the lone hit off Jon Janocko, who struck out two in 2-1/3 innings.
Clearfield will welcome Philipsburg-Osceola to the Bison Sports Complex Friday for a Mountain League Allegheny Division make-up game.
CLEARFIELD — 1
Kyler Kephart p-1b 3010, Cole Kephart ss 4000, Tanner Ogden cf 3000, Ronny Ogden rf 1110, Coleman Kubala 1b-3b 2010, Jon Janocko 3b-p 3010, Jonas Kochan c 0000, Thomas Summers dh 1000, Sawyer Rowles ph 1000, Wyatt Westen 2b 1001, Christian Flood ph 1000, Curtis Collins lf 3000. TOTALS: 23 1 4 1.
DUBOIS — 5
Devon Walker 2b 2122, Anthony Vizza ph 1000, Ian Yount p 0000, Bryson Paulinellie p 0000, Darren McKee dh 1100, Derek Heckathorne c 3000, Nick Bontempo lf 3022, Nate Liddle 3b 2000, Sean Sleigh rf 3111, Evan Bush 1b 2000, Garrett Brown cf 3210, Clayton Read ss 1000. TOTALS: 22 5 6 5.
Score by Innings
Clearfield 010 000 0 – 1 4 0
DuBois 210 110 x – 5 6 0
DP – Clearfield 1 (Westen and Kubala). LOB – Clearfield 7; DuBois 5. 2B – Walker, Brown. HR – Sleigh. SB – Brown.
Pitching
Clearfield – K. Kephart 3-2/3 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 0 K; Janocko 2-1/3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K.
DuBois – Yount 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 4 K; Paulinellie 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K.
HB – K. Kephart 1 (McKee). WP – K. Kephart 1.
W – Yount (3-1). L – K. Kephart (2-5).