MARTINSBURG — Clearfield rallied for six runs with two outs in the top of the seventh inning but came up short as Central held on for an 11-9 victory in Mountain League scholastic baseball action Friday.
The Bison had the tying run at the plate when Kasy Hamm induced a flyout to save the Scarlet Dragons’ sixth consecutive win in the make-up of a game that had been postponed three times.
Clearfield (2-8, 2-6 ML) out-hit Central 11-9 with Wyatt Westen belting a triple and a double and Thomas Summers stroking two singles.
Both kept the Bison comeback going in the last frame, Summers with a run-scoring single and Westen with a two-run triple.
Cole Kephart drove in two runs with a single and Josh Kennedy greeted Hamm, who relieved winner Zach Croft, with a single for the final marker.
Clearfield failed to capitalize on a great opportunity in the first frame as a single and three walks resulted in just one run because of a pickoff. Summers picked up the RBI with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly.
After Central (6-4, 5-2 ML) got to Summers for five runs in the third, the Bison made it 6-3 with two runs in the fourth. Summers singled and scored on an error while Westen doubled and scored on a grounder by Sawyer Rowles.
Summers was the losing pitcher, giving up six hits and eight runs, only three of which were earned. He struck out three and walked two in 4-1/3 innings.
Devin Jones allowed three hits and three runs, two earned, in the final 1-2/3 innings.
The Bison will head east on I-80 next week for a non-league game against Central Mountain at Mill Hall Monday and will host Bellefonte Tuesday.
CLEARFIELD — 9
Spencer Herrington 2b 3010, Kaleb Taylor ph 1000, Curtis Collins lf 3210, Jon Janocko 1b 31110, Cole Kephart ss 3112, Thomas Summers p-rf 4221, Wyatt Westen 3b 4222, Zach Timchak rf 0000, Devin Jones p 0000, Josh Kennedy dh 4011, Sawyer Rowles cf 1001, Erik Sellers ph 2110, Jonas Kochan c 2010, Josh Sorbera c 1000. TOTALS: 31 9 11 7.
CENTRAL — 11
Austin Cunningham ss 3311, Ethan Lewis rf 3111, Connor Gahagan rf 0000, Kasy Hamm c-p 3101, Frederick cr 0000, Jay Stern 1b 4122, Noah Benton pr 0000, Zach Croft p 0000, Todd Slick c 0000, Mike Mock dh 4221, Bradi Moore lf 3122, Cole Kreider 3b 3011, Nick Hoenstine 2b 2100, Tanner Zimmerman 2b 0000, Zach Slagenweit cf 2100. TOTALS: 27 11 9 9.
Score by Innings
Clearfield 100 200 6 – 9 11 5
Central 105 023 x – 11 9 1
Errors – Kephart 3, Herrington, Westen; Cunningham. DP – Clearfield 1 (Sorbera and Westen); Central 1 (Cunningham, Hoenstine and Stern). LOB – Clearfield 5; Central 3. 2B – Westen; Stern, Mock, Moore. 3B – Westen; Mock. Sac – Slagenweit. SF – Hamm. SB – Cunningham 5, A.J. Frederick.
Pitching
Clearfield – Summers 4-1/3 IP, 6 H, 8 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K; Jones 1-2/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K.
Central – Croft 6-2/3 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 8 ER, 4 BB, 5 K; Hamm 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K.
HB – Jones 1 (Hoenstine). WP – Croft 1. PO – Croft 1 (Herrington).
W – Croft. L – Summers (1-4). Save – Hamm.
Bison Scoreboard:
Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
3/25 | @ Central | ppd. | 0 – 0 |
3/28 | @ Huntingdon | ppd. | 0 – 0 |
3/30 | @ Huntingdon | 18 – 7 | 1 – 0 |
4/01 | @ Central | ppd. | 1 – 0 |
4/03 | @ Bald Eagle Area | ppd. | 1 – 0 |
4/04 | @ Bald Eagle Aea | 3 – 8 | 1 – 1 |
4/05 | @ Bellefonte | 6 – 15 | 1 – 2 |
4/08 | @ Tyrone | 4 – 5 | 1 – 3 |
4/10 | @ Punxsutawney | 3 – 8 | 1 – 4 |
4/11 | PENNS VALLEY | ppd. | 1 – 4 |
4/12 | @ Central | ppd. | 1 – 4 |
4/15 | DUBOIS | 5 – 6 | 1 – 5 |
4/16 | PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA | 8 – 15 | 1 – 6 |
4/19 | CENTRAL | ppd. | 1 – 6 |
4/22 | HUNTINGDON | 15 – 5 | 2 – 6 |
4/25 | BALD EAGLE AREA | 4 – 5 | 2 – 7 |
4/26 | @ Central | 9 – 11 | 2 – 8 |
4/29 | @ Central Mountain | ||
4/30 | BELLEFONTE | ||
5/03 | TYRONE | ||
5/06 | BROOKVILLE | ||
5/07 | @ Penns Valley | ||
5/08 | CENTRAL | ||
5/10 | @ Philipsburg-Osceola | ||
5/13 | @ Bradford | ||
5/14 | PENNS VALLEY | ||
5/17 | PUNXSUTAWNEY |