Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Altoona head coach Tom Smith pulls starter Aaron Smearman.

Brennan Freiwald’s one-out fielder’s choice with the bases loaded delivered the winning run as Altoona scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Red Land, 7-6, at PNG Field Wednesday in high school baseball action.

Trent Meyers collected two hits and struck out five batters in three innings of relief for Altoona. Freiwald and Connor Lindsey both collected a hit and two RBIs for Altoona. Tanner Stroup struck out four batters and collected the win.

Cooper Artley had a two-run double for Red Land, which led 5-0 going into the bottom of the fifth inning.

RED LAND (6): Kaunes ss 412, French c 020, Artley p-dh 411, Brown p 000, Livingston p 000, Thomas lf 200, Patrick cf 401, Warren rf-p 301, Hoffman ph 100, Weidenhammer 1b 400, Minnich 3b 322, Schmoyer 2b 300. Totals–28-6-7.

ALTOONA (7): Freiwald ss 501, Bettwy c 300, Alwine 3b 310, Stroup cf-p 000, Riccio dh 310, Smearman p 000, Meyers p 322, Weyandt 2b 211, Eberhart lf 211, Lindsey rf 311, Saylor 1b 201. Totals–26-7-7.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Red Land 103 101 0–6 7 0

Altoona 000 021 4–7 7 3

E–Freiwald, Bettwy, Saylor. 2B–Kaunas, Artley. RBI–Artley 2, Thomas, Patrick, Frewald 2, Weyandt, Eberhart, Lindsey 2, Saylor. WP–Stroup. LP–Warren. SO–Artley 4, Brown 2, Livingston 1, Smearman 3, Meyers 5, Stroup 4. BB–Artley 2, Brown 2, Livingston 3, Warren 3, Smearman 1, Stroup 2.

Records: Red Land (0-1); Altoona (1-1)

Nihart shines

BLAIRSVILLE — Sidney Nihart pitched and hit the Cambria Heights softball team to an 11-3 win at River Valley.

Nihart scattered seven hits, struck out seven and walked just two as the Lady Highlanders improved to 2-0. She also had two hits and two RBIs. Teammate Lexi Griak led the way with two hits and three RBIs. Martina White and Abby Zeglen also finished with two RBIs.

SCORE BY INNINGS

C. Heights 051 030 1 — 11 12 3

River Valley 100 020 0 — 3 7 7

2B–Adams, Griak (CH), Furman, Foust (RV). 3B–Zeglen (CH). Multiple hits — White 2, Nihart 2, Griak 2, Bernecky 2 (CH); Pynos 2, Foust 2 (RV). RBI–White 2, Zeglen 2, Nihart 2, Griak 3, Lane (CH); Foust, Furman 2 (RV). WP–Nihart. LP–Buckles(. SO–Nihart 7 (CH); Buckles 3, Bollinger 4 (RV). BB–Nihart 2; Buckles 5.

Records: Cambria Heights (2-0); River Valley (0-2).

Altoona downed

LEWISBERRY — Red Land scored 11 runs in the third inning to break open the game in a 17-2 victory over Altoona, which fell to 0-2 in high school softball.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Altoona 000 2XX X–2 2 2

Red Land 24(11) XXX X–17 10 2

2B–Barbour, Devor (RL). HR–Barbour (RL). Multiple hits–Barbour 3, Spangler 2 (RL). RBI–Barbour 4, Spangler, Myers, Peifer, Strawser 2, Barker, Collier (RL). WP–Spangler. LP–Reed. SO–Spangler 4 (RL); Reed 2, Wible 1 (A). BB–Reed 4, Wible 3, Snyder 2 (A).

Records: Altoona (0-2)