CLARENCE – Ronny Ogden got the Clearfield American Legion Post 6 baseball team off to a winning start by shutting out Clarence 6-0 in the Central Penn League opener Saturday evening.
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Ogden scattered seven hits and recorded five strikeouts with no walks in the route-going performance.
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Andrew Redden had three of the Chiefs’ nine hits off three Clarence pitchers, while Coleman Kubala added a pair of run-scoring singles.
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Redden drove in Kyler Kephart, who had walked, with the only run Ogden needed and then scored on an error in the first inning.
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Kubala and Jon Janocko singled across insurance runs in the third frame.
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The Chiefs chased loser Tyler Bennett in the fourth, posting their final two runs on Tanner Ogden’s RBI double and Kubala’s second hit.
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Clearfield’s home opener with defending CPL champion Beech Creek, originally scheduled for Tuesday, has been moved up to Monday at 6 p.m. at the Clearfield Area High School junior varsity field.
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Manager Sid Lansberry announced that last Tuesday’s CPL East Division rainout at DuBois is set for Wednesday.
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CLEARFIELD — 6
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Kyler Kephart 2b 3-2-1-0, Cole Kephart ss 4-0-0-0, Tanner Ogden cf 4-1-1-1, Zach Timchak rf 1-0-0-0, Andrew Redden c-lf 4-2-3-1, Ronny Ogden p 2-1-0-0, Derek Hryn ph 1-0-0-0, Coleman Kubala 3b 3-0-2-2, Jon Janocko 1b 3-0-1-1, Thomas Summers 1b 1-0-0-0, Wyatt Westen rf-cf 2-0-0-0, Josh Kennedy ph 1-0-0-0, Curtis Collins lf 3-0-1-0, Jonas Kochan c 0-0-0-0.  TOTALS: 32 6 9 5.
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CLARENCE — 0
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Jeff Koleno 2b 3-0-1-0, Lance Williams 3b 3-0-0-0, Ben Verbitsky cf 3-0-1-0, Jon Romine rf-p 3-0-1-0, Tyler Bennett p 2-0-1-0, Bubba Bennett rf 1-0-1-0, Tyler Schall ss 2-0-0-0, Dom Bozniak ss 1-0-0-0, Tyler Dyke 1b 2-0-1-0, Jordan Kubolich 1b 1010, Zach Sayers lf 2-0-0-0, Dakota Bartley lf 1-0-0-0, Cullen Hamilton c 2-0-0-0, Ryan Light ph-p 1-0-0-0. TOTALS 27 0 7 0.
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Score by Innings
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Clearfield   202 200 0 – 6 9 2
Clarence    000 000 0 – 0 7 2
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Errors – Redden, Westen; Williams, Schall. PB – Hamilton 1. LOB – Clearfield 14; Clarence 6. 2B – T. Ogden. Sac – C. Kephart.
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Pitching
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Clearfield – R. Ogden 7 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K.
Clarence – T. Bennett 3-1/3 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 K; Romine 2-1/3 IP,2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K; Light 1-1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K.
HB – Romine 1 (Redden). Balk – R. Ogden 1.