HUNTINGDON — Huntingdon piled up 13 hits and cashed four Clearfield errors into eight unearned runs to defeat the John Lewis Shade Post 6 Chiefs 12-6 with fourth place in the Central Penn American Legion Baseball League on the line at Juniata College’s Langdon-Goodale Field Thursday evening.
The Chiefs were held to five hits by a trio of Huntingdon pitchers in falling to 3-4.
After being down 4-0, manager Sid Lansberry’s team did enjoy a 6-5 advantage through three innings, parlaying four hits, a walk and a hit batsman into five runs in the second with Brandon Orsich’s two-run double the big blow.
Thayne Morgan singled off of relief hurler Landon Fisher to drive in Tommy Hazel with the go-ahead run in the third inning, but that was Clearfield’s last hit.
Fisher worked three innings for the win, and Nate Leydig earned the save by allowing only one walk in the last two frames.
Will Myers was tagged with the loss, pitching into the fourth inning and giving up nine runs, only four earned, on 10 hits and three walks.
A two-out miscue opened the door for Huntingdon (3-2) to take command in the fourth. Bryce Hensor’s RBI single knotted the score, and back-to-back doubles by Leif Brown and Nate Gearhart made it 9-6.
The hosts added three tainted markers off of reliever Reese Wilson in the sixth.
Hensor and Gearhart led Huntingdon with a two singles, a double and two RBIs apiece. Jared Showalter had a double, a triple and two RBIs, Jon Wagner singled twice and Brown knocked in three runs.
Because of the forecast for weekend rains, Clearfield’s game at Clarence scheduled for Sunday has been moved up to Friday at 6 p.m.
CLEARFIELD — 6
Josh Sorbera c 2100, Will Myers p-ss 1110, Marcus Luzier 3b 4000, Brandon Orsich eh 3012, Logan Lykens 1b 2000, Seth Bumbarger 1b 1000, Tommy Hazel rf 1100, Jake Sorbera rf 2000, Reese Wilson cf-p 2110, Zane Morgan lf 1100, Ty Bender lf 0000, Thayne Morgan ss-cf 3011, Justin Fedder 2b 3111. TOTALS: 25 6 5 4.
HUNTINGDON — 12
Hunter Price p-eh-3b 4210, Jon Wagner 3b-rf 3321, Bryce Hensor ss 3232, Leif Brown c 3213, Nate Gearhart 1b 4132, Jared Showalter cf 4122, Seth Baney 2b 3011, Drew Weglarz lf 3000, Landon Fisher eh-p-eh 3000, Nate Leydig rf-p 3100. TOTALS: 33 12 13 11.
Score by Innings
Clearfield     051 000 0 –  6   5 4
Huntingdon    410 403 x – 12 13 0
E – Myers 2, Lykens, Bender. LOB – Clearfield 9; Huntingdon 6. 2B – Orsich; Wagner, Hensor, Brown, Gearhart, Showalter. 3B – Showalter. Sac – Wilson. SB – Price. CS – Hensor (by Jo. Sorbera).
Pitching
Clearfield – Myers 3-2/3 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K; Wilson 2-1/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K.
Huntingdon – Price 2 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 2 K; Fisher 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K; Leydig 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K.
HB – Price 1 (Jo. Sorbera); Fisher 2 (Jo. Sorbera, Hazel. WP – Myers. Bk – Price.
W – Fisher. L – Myers (0-1). Sv – Leydig.
