HYDE — With the weather finally cooperating, the Clearfield Bison baseball team took to the field for the second day in a row. Unfortunately, while it was a much more valiant effort they took another loss. Phillipsburg picked up a second straight win, out scoring the Bison 3-1 in extra innings.
Clearfield’s ace Hunter Rumsky took the mound to face P-O’s junior Lucas Peterson.
Rumsky for the most part was able to shut down the Mountie’s offense, but in the first inning they collected their one and only run off him. The RBI came off the bat of Bradon Hahn, on a ground out to shortstop that drove in freshman Archer Baughman.
It took the Bison offense until the bottom of the fifth to retaliate the early run. Senior catcher Cole Bloom stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded and one out. He got the job done with a sacrifice fly caught by the right fielder, scoring Hayden Rumsky, the only run of the game for the Bison.
Despite loading the bases, Clearfield was unable to bring the winning run across the plate in the seventh inning.
With both teams’ defenses and pitchers shutting each other down, the game stayed 1-1 through the seventh, and normally final, inning.
Christian Welker entered in relief of Rumsky to get the final out of the seventh and start the eighth inning.
In the top of the eight, the Mountie’s offense found the success they were desperately looking between innings two and seven. Alex Knepp stepped to the plate with two on and one out, and he drilled a double to left field to put up the go ahead, and an insurance, run to make it 3-1 Mounties.
The Bison went down in order and lost by the final score of 3-1.
Clearfield (2-3) will travel to St. Marys Thursday for their first of three straight away games.
Phillipsburg- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Clearfield- 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Phillipsburg-Osceola — 3
S. Macdonald- 2B 3000, A. Baughman 3210, L. Peterson- P-3B 4020, B. Hahn- CF 4131, A. Knepp- 1B 3012, A Minarchick- 3B/SS 3000, F. White- PH 1000, Z. Yoder- LF 3010, C. Matier- C 4000, H. Kephart- RF 2000, J. Ivicic- RF 1000,
E – Knepp. 2B – Knepp, Hahn, Peterson. HBP – McDonald, Yoder. CS – Peterson.
Clearfield- 1
Anthony Lopez- SS 2020, Cole Bloom- C 3001, Hunter Rumsky- P/CF 4000, Christian Welker- DH/P 3000, Elijah Quick- PR 0000, Derrick Mikesell- LF 4000, Matt Irvin- 3B 4000, Hayvin Bumbarger- 1B 3010, Maddix Carfley- PR 0000, Hayden Rumsky- RF 2110, Braison Patrick- 2B 1000, TOTALS 26 1 4 1
E – Lopez, Bumbarger. SF – Bloom. CS – Quick. HBP – Rumsky.
Pitching
Phillipsburg- Peterson: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 SO Baughman (W) : 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 HB, 0 SO
Clearfield- Rumsky: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 HB, 7 SO Welker (L): 1.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO