Wyatt Belinda hit a solo homer, singled four times, scored four times and drove in six runs as Barton’s Plumbing opened its best-of-three AAABA playoff series against Johnston Realty with a 23-hit attack in a five-inning 20-10 victory at Juniata Field on Saturday.

Josh DeGol smacked three hits and tallied two RBIs, while Tanner Claar delivered two hits and two RBIs and Aaron Burger came through with three hits for Barton’s.

Dylan Conrad registered four hits, Tanner Cook had two and Jaret Berardinelli knocked in two teammates for the winners.

Brady Goodling and Caleb Bennett led Johnston with two hits and two RBIs apiece, while Luke Wise and Clayton Read added two RBIs each.

BARTON’S PLUMBING (20): Claar cf 422, Burger rf 523, Glass ss 431, W. Belinda c 545, J. Belinda p 000, McCall p 000, Conrad dh 524, DeGol 3b 423, Baker 1b 411, Cook lf 522, Berardinelli 2b 421. Totals – 40 20 23.

JOHNSTON REALTY (10): Wise lf 221, Calliari cf 211, Read ss-1b-p 411, Goodling 2b 422, Klingensmith p 000, Bowman p 000, Walker dh-p-3b 311, Bennett 3b-ss 212, I. Porter 1b 100, Holesa p 100, Heckathorne c 210, Zimmerman rf 210. Totals – 23 10 8.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Barton’s Plumbing247 43X X-20 23 2

Johnston Realty100 90X X-10 8 5

E-Claar, DeGol, Bennett, Goodling, Zimmerman 2, Heckathorne. 2B-Baker, Cook. 3B-Glass. HR-W. Belinda. RBI-W. Belinda 6, Glass, Claar 2, DeGol 2, Baker, Cook, Berardinelli 2, Wise 2, Read 2, Goodling 2, Bennett 2, Heckathorne, Zimmerman. WP-J. Belinda. LP-Klingensmith. SO-J. Belinda 4, Klingensmith 2. BB-J. Belinda 6, McCall 2, Klingensmith 1, Bowman 1, Walker 3.

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Railbirds4

Adam Polites, Cy Treaster and Lennox Pugh each had three RBIs to help Wise Trailer Sales open the AAABA playoffs with a win over the Railbirds in six innings at Juniata.

Pugh and Treaster also had two hits each to go with two hits and two RBIs from Ethan Lewis. Chris Sinisi had two hits for the Railbirds while Adam Sinisi had two RBIs.

Game 2 is today at 4 at Juniata in the best-of-3 series.

RAILBIRDS (4): C. Sinisi ss 412, Fulmer 2b 400, Hamm lf-2b 311, Grace 1b 211, Weyant cf-p 100, A. Sinisi 3b 301, Ullman c 301, England dh 100, Hunter p 201, Malone rf 301. Totals – 26-4-8.

WISE TRAILER SALES (14): Lewis 3b 222, J. Stern ss 311, Hileman c 320, Treaster lf 322, Polites cf 311, I. Stern dh 310, Shaffer p 000, Martin p 000, Servello rf 320, L. Pugh 1b 222, Herncane rf 101, Kerstetter 2b 300. Totals – 26-14-9.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Railbirds103 000 X – 4 8 1

Wise Trailer Sales280 202 X – 14 9 0

E-Fulmer. 2B-L. Pugh, Polites. RBI-Grace, A. Sinisi 2, Ullman, Lewis 2, J. Stern, Treaster 3, Polites 3, I. Stern, Servello, L. Pugh 3. WP-Martin. LP-Hunter. SO-Weyant 1, Shaffer 1, Martin 2. BB-Shaffer 3, Martin 1, Hunter 7, Weyant 2.

Records: Wise Trailer Sales leads best-of-3 series, 1-0.