CLEARFIELD - It may have seemed like a basketball game in Clearfield Friday night. However, the Central baseball team defeated Clearfield, 36-22, in six innings.
Central's Luke Blattenberger went 6-for-7, hit four home runs and knocked in nine runs. Also, Lucas Runk went 5-for-7, ripped two home runs and hit for the cycle. Runk and Blattenberger knocked in one-third of the runs for Central.
The game saw 58 runs on 51 hits. Central scored no runs in the first but would score seven in the next three innings. Each team scored double digits in one inning. The Scarlet Dragons scored 12 in the sixth, and the Bisons scored 10 in the third.
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Brandon Negley scored six runs for the Scarlet Dragons as they improved to 8-3. Kasey Hamm was the winning pitcher.
CENTRAL (36): Schon rf 543, Cunningham ss-p 733, Runk 735, Hamm c-p 604, Negley cr 060, Blattenberger dh 766, A. Kreider lf 000, Nicewonger c 000, S. Kreider 3b 633, Johnson 3b 100, Baird 1b 634, Smith 1b 100, Longenecker p-lf 545, Long lf 000, Knisely 2b 503. Totals -56-36-36 .
CLEARFIELD (22): Fulmer 2b 341, Danver ss 342, Redden c 422, Jacobsen p-rf 422, Flaningan 1b-3b 412, Miller dh 523, Krice p 000, T. Ogden p 000, Lezzer rf 511, Brown lf 532, Harper cf 230 . Totals -35-22-15.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Central07 7 73(12) x-36 36 1
Clearfield15(10) 33 0 x-22 15 4
E-Runk, Fulmer, Danver 2, Redden. 2B-Schon 2, Runk, C. Kreider, Longenecker 2, Redden, Flaningan. 3B-Runk, Lezzer. HR - Runk 2, Blattenberger 4, Danver, Redden, Brown 2. RBI-Schon 3, Cunningham 4, Runk 6, Hamm 2, Blattenberger 9, C. Kreider, Baird, Logenecker 7, Knisely 2, Danver 3, Redden 3, Jacobsen, Lezzer 3, Brown 5, Harper 3. WP-Hamm. LP-T. Ogden. SO-Jacobsen 3, Krice 2, Logenecker, Ferguson 3 . BB-Ogden 5, Krice, Logenecker 4, Cunningham, Hamm 2.
Records: Central (8-3); Clearfield (4-4).
Altoona13
Punxsutawney5
Altoona scored seven runs in the third inning en route to a win over Punxsutawney at Juniata.
Altoona's Christian Helsel pounded out three hits, while Tyson Steele and Matt Frederick had two hits apiece. Punxsy's Tyler Skerakavich had three hits, while teammate Jordan Mesoraco had two hits.
PUNXSUTAWNEY (5): Dickey ss 311, T. Zimmerman 2b 421, Mesoraco c 412, Skerakavich 1b-p 413, Pisano p 100, Bush p-1b 201, Janocha lf 301, T. Neal 3b 300, Lomaster rf 300, D. Neal cf 301. Totals - 30-5-10.
ALTOONA (13): Sneed 1b 000, Helsel dh 413, Henderson ss-2b 410, Lombardo c 301, Oswalt cr 020, Steele rf 422, Bush lf 121, Clancy 3b 311, McDonald ph 111, Frederick p-ss 402, Green cr 010, Koch cf 321, Arnold ph 000, Sinisi 2b 300, Wyland p 100. Totals - 31-13-12.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Punxsutawney012 020 0- 5 10 4
Altoona037 003 X-13 12 0
E-Dickey, T. Zimmerman 2, T. Neal. 2B-T. Zimmerman, Mesoraco, Skerakavich, Janocha, Steele; Bush, McDonald, Frederick. RBI-T. Zimmerman, Skerakavich 2, Janocha; Helsel 2, Lombardo, Steele, Bush 2, McDonald, Frederick, Sinisi. WP-Frederick. LP-Pasano. SO-Pasano 2, Bush 1, Frederick 4, Wyland 2. BB-Pasano 1, Bush 3, Frederick 1.
Records: Punxsutawney (4-3); Altoona (6-4).
Northern Bedford12
Bellwood-Antis6
LOYSBURG - Eric Grace and Dan Sollenberger each brought in two runs as Northern Bedford beat Bellwood-Antis. Grace also had seven strikeouts on the mound for the Black Panthers.
BELLWOOD (6): Gray ss p 411, DeGennaro cf 200, Beech p rf 200, Denny rf 200, Lender 1b 401, Patterson rf lf 401, Stuby 3b p ss 310, E. Hunter ph 100, Dionis 2b 120, S. Hunter 2b 000, Stapleton lf 3b 411, Wolfe c 211, Wertman ph 100. Totals - 30-6-5.
NORTHERN BEDFORD (12): J. Stern ss 512, M. Sollenberger dh 320, Oswalt cf 000, Foor p 000, D. Sollenberger lf 422, Suter rf 221, Corle 3b 422, Grace p 1b 412, Fluke 1b cf 412, Flurry c 300, I. Stern 2b 201, Ebersole 120. Totals -32-12-12.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Bellwood-Antis020 400 0- 6 5 5
Northern Bedford640 110 x-12 12 5
E-Suter, Corle, Fluke, I. Stern 2, Gray, Beech, Stapleton, Dionis 2. 2B-Fluke. RBI-J. Stern, D. Sollenberger 2, Corle, Grace 2, Fluke, I. Stern, Gray, DeGenaro, Lender, Wolfe. WP-Grace. LP-Beech. SO-Grace 7, Foor 3, Stuby 3, Gray 2. BB-Grace 3, Foor 2, Beech 2, Stuby.
Records: Northern Bedford (10-3); Bellwood-Antis (5-5).
DuBois10
Hollidaysburg2
HOLLIDAYSBURG - Garrett Peterson struck out 10 Tigers as DuBois defeated Hollidaysburg. Hollidaysburg fell to 7-5.
DUBOIS (10): Liddle 3b 523, Kriner 2b 311, Peterson p 1b 512, Sleigh rf 412, Georgino 1b p 310, Caltagargone ph 100, Read ss 412, Bontempo lf 400, Heckathorne c 422, Brown cf 411. Totals - 37-10-13.
HOLLIDAYSBURG (2):Hileman ss 200, Baum ss 100, Scallen rf cf 312, Pope lf 311, Storm 300, Burger 3b 300, Glass p 100, Budd p 000, Gallagher cf 200, Sheetz rf 100, Lascoli c 300, Nichols dh 200, Ford 1b 100. Totals -25-2-3.
SCORE BY INNINGS
DuBois100 180 0-10 13 2
Hollidaysburg100 100 0- 2 3 4
E-Hileman 3, Glass, Kriner, Georgino. 2B-Peterson 2, Scallen, Pope. RBI-Liddle 2, Kriner 2, Peterson, Sleigh, Read, Heckathorne, Brown. WP-Peterson. LP-Glass. SO-Peterson 10, Glass, Budd 2. BB-Peterson, Budd.
Records: DuBois (3-1, 1-1); Hollidaysburg (7-5, 4-2).
Mount Union17
Claysburg-Kimmel0
CLAYSBURG - Mount Union defeated Claysburg-Kimmel with Brock Imperioli giving up only one hit. Imperioli also had three RBIs and a double.
Claysburg-Kimmel fell to 5-4.
MOUNT UNION (17): Boozel ss 322, Rogers 2b 121, Imperioli p 222, Goodling 1b, 121, Heffner lf 000, McClain dh 121, Brown c 322, Smith rf 120, Knable cf 311, Grainey 3b 322. Totals -18-17-12 .
CLAYSBURG-KIMMEL (0):Claar 1b 101, Ickes 2b p 100, Weyandt cf p 100, Knisely p 1b 100, Strayer 3b 100, Cox p ss 100, Helsel c 100, Repko rf 100, Miller lf 100 . Totals -9-0-1.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Mount Union890 XXX X-17 12 0
Claysburg-Kimmel000 XXX X- 0 1 0
2B-Imperioli 2. 3B-Boozel. RBI-Boozel, Rogers, Imeprioli 3, Brown 2, Knable 3, Grainey 3. WP-Imperioli. LP-Knisely. SO-Cox 2. BB-Knisely 4, Weyandt 4, Ickes.
Records: Mount Union (12-1); Claysburg-Kimmel (5-4).
Spring Cove rolls to win
ROARING SPRING - In junior high baseball, Spring Cove beat Portage, 14-0. Nick Hoenstine had a triple, double and scored three. Jacob Mellott had two hits and scored two. Mike Mock added three RBIs.
Altoona Teener Major
Jake Frederick drove in three runs for Sheetz in an 8-4 victory over the Altoona Lions late Thursday night at Seitz Field.
A.J. Fink had two hits and an RBI for the Lions.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Altoona Lions103 000 0-4 3 0
Sheetz030 005 X-8 5 5
2B-Koehlle (S). Multiple hits - Fink 2 (AL). RBI-Frederick 3, Koehlle 2, Knepp, Perino, Saylor (S), Fink, Suckinos 2, Weston (AL). WP-Miller. LP-Fink. SO-Miller 6, Fink 6, Koehlle 9, Sposapo 2. BB-Miller 4, FInk 6, Koehhle 1, Sposapo 4.
Records: Altoona Lions (0-3); Sheetz (2-0).
