HYDE — The Clearfield American Legion Post 6 baseball team turned a 4-1 lead into an 11-1 Mercy Rule win with a big fifth inning against Punxsutawney at the Bison Sports Complex Tuesday evening.
Nolan Barr’s two-run single capped the seven-run outburst to make it a walk-off ‘W’ for the John Lewis Shade Post 6 Chiefs, who evened their Jefferson County League record at 1-1.
They tagged three Post 62 pitchers for 10 hits to back Cade Walker, who held the visitors to a pair of singles and posted five strikeouts but issued six walks and hit two batters.
Allan Myers paced the Chiefs with three hits, while Eli Glass singled and doubled and Nolan and Nate Barr added two singles apiece.
Each of them drove in a run, as did Hayden Williams with a double, Walker with a groundout and Harrison Peacock and Matt Bailor with bases-loaded walks.
Punxsy starter Aaron Park gave up two hits and one unearned run while fanning six in three innings. Aiden Johnston, the losing hurler, worked the fourth inning and two hits, two walks and three runs. Seth Dunkle was on the mound during the Clearfield rally in the fifth frame.
The Chiefs will be back in action Thursday, hosting Curwensville at the BSC at 6 p.m.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — 1
Seth Dunkle ss-p 3110, Alec Greenblatt 2b-ss 0000, Aaron Park p-3b 2010, Tanner LaBenne 1b 2001, Aiden Johnston 3b-p-2b 2000, Cole LaBenne cf 2000, Adison Neal c 1000, Chase Palmer lf 2000, Isaac Knarr rf 0000, Ethan Lainey eh 2000. TOTALS: 16 1  2 1.
CLEARFIELD — 11
Hayden Williams 3b 3111, Nate Barr ss 2221, Eli Glass cf 3221, Seth Bumbarger 1b 3000, Allan Myers c 3331, Harrison Peacock 1101, Cade Walker p 3101, Matt Bailor eh 2001, Nolan Barr lf 3122, Kyle Elensky 2b 1000. TOTALS: 24 11 10 9.
Score by Innings
Punxsutawney 001 00 –  1   2 3
Clearfield     010 37 – 11  10 2
E – Greenblatt 2, Neal; Na. Barr, Elensky. PB – Neal. DP – Punxsutawney 1 (Park, Dunkle and T. LaBenne); Clearfield 1 (Walker, Elensky, Myers and Na. Barr). LOB – Punxsutawney 10; Clearfield 4. 2B – Williams, Glass. Sac – Neal; Elensky. SF – T. LaBenne. SB – Dunkle.
Pitching
Punxsutawney – Park 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K; Johnston 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K; Dunkle 1 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K.
Clearfield – Walker 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 6 BB, 5 K.
HB – Walker 2 (Greenblatt, Johnston). WP – Johnston.
W – Walker (1-0). L – Johnston (0-1).
Umpires – Rob Murphy (plate) and Jamie Johnson (bases).
