SAXTON - Tussey Mountain scored eight times in its last two at-bats to earn a District 5 Class A baseball quarterfinal game at second-seeded Southern Fulton by beating visiting Shade, 10-6, on Tuesday.
Daniel Taylor and Michael Runk had two hits apiece for the Titans.
Shade had a 4-0 lead through 1 innings, but Taylor came on to pitch for Tussey, and he and eventual winning pitcher Presley Swope held the Panthers to two runs the rest of the way. Three Titan pitchers only gave up six hits.
Tussey was the 5-A runner-up in 2011.
SHADE (6): Deffibaugh cf 311, Fyock ss 411, N. Walker 2b-p 311, Sangler p-1b 310, W. Walker c 401, Kiser rf 412, Ott 1b-p-lf 200, Mains 3b 110, Pyles lf-2b 300. Totals - 27-6-6.
TUSSEY MOUNTAIN (10): Taylor 2b-p 322, Runk cf-2b-ss 422, P. Swope ss-p 221, T. Swope p-1b 220, Wilson 3b 311, McDonald 1b-rf 200, Brumbaugh c 211, Corbin cr 000, Husick lf 300, Taylor-Chadwick rf-cf 300. Totals - 24-10-7.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Shade310 010 0- 6 6 2
Tussey Mountain020 035 x-10 7 3
2B-Deffibaugh, Fyock. RBI-Deffibaugh, W. Walker, Kiser, Taylor, Brumbaugh. WP-Swope. LP-Ott.
Adams scores winning run
BELLWOOD - Dylan Adams scored the winning run when Cumming Motors was unable to turn Danny Kirwin's grounder to second into an inning-ending double play to give Reliance Bank its second win in as many games this season, 10-9, at Drost Field in an Area 4 VFW 15-16 year-old game.
Alex Martynuska had two hits for Reliance. Mason McGinnis had two hits, and Nick Hoenstine, Zack Croft and Jay Stern drove in two runs apiece for Cumming.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Cumming Motors310 032 0- 9 7 4
Reliance Bank002 131 3-10 8 5
Multiple hits - McGinnis 2 (CM); Martynuska 2 (RB). RBI-Hoenstine 2, Croft 2, Stern 2 (CM); Martynuska, L. Adams, D. Adams, Kirwin (RB). WP-Pope. LP-Mock. SO-Croft 1, Mock 4 (CM); McGinley 2, Pope 3 (RB). BB-Croft 3 Mock 3 (CM); McGinley 4, Pope 1 (RB).
Records: Cumming Motors (0-1); Reliance Bank (2-0).
Civics picks up win
Josh DeGol had four hits and drove in two runs, while Troy Livermore and Ethan Blackie each posted two doubles and two RBIs as Juniata Civics beat C&G Savings, 14-12, late Monday in an Altoona Teener Major League game.
Jimmy Marquette had three hits, a double and two RBIs for the winners.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Juniata Civics091 020 2-14 16 4
C&G Savings051 312 0 -12 12 2
2B-Livermore 2, Blackie 2, DeGol, Marquette, Page (JC), McCaulley 2, Edwards, Imler, Cummings, Skelley (CG). Multiple hits - DeGol 4, Marquette 3, Livermore 2, Lingafelt 2, Page 2, Blackie 2 (JC), Dodson 3, McCaulley 2 (CG). RBI- Smith 2, DeGol 2, Marquette 2, Livermore 2, Lingafelt 2, Page, Blackie (JC), Cummings 2, Edwards, Imler, McCaulley, Colobove, Dodson (CG) WP-DeGol. LP-Imler. SO-Smith 2, DeGol 3 (JC), Kipp 3, Imler 3 (CG). BB-Smith 4, DeGol 4 (JC), Skelley, Kipp 2, Imler 3 (CG).
Records: Juniata Civics (3-5).
