Imler’s only Altoona AAABA team to pick up win
Local baseball
Imler’s Poultry scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to overcome a 4-3 deficit and beat The “O,” 6-4, Tuesday night in a AAABA game at Vets Field.
Gavin Fowler singled in Lex Dixon to tie the game, Ty Szynal scored on an error, and Fowler came home on an EJ Ulery groundout in the sixth.
Fowler had three hits. Brady Steiner allowed just one run over the last four innings to earn the win.
THE “O” (4): Janosko 401, Retassie ss 300, Strick cf 423, Scalia dh-p 300, Ramos c 401, Waddell 3b 210, Robertson rf 200, Sekerak 2b 301, Hagans 1b 212, Boozer lf 202, Wilkinson p 000. Totals — 29-4-10.
IMLER’S POULTRY (6): Fowler 2b 413, Hall cf 311, Ulery 1b 300, Plummer 3b 300, Lepley c 211, Oakes rf 200, Dorminy rf 100, Steiner ss-p 300, Farabaugh p 100, Dixon 3b 211, Hileman lf 111, Szynal lf 110. Totals — 26-6-7.
SCORE BY INNINGS
The “O” 021 010 0–4 10 4
Imler’s Poultry 012 003 X–6 7 0
E–Scalia 2, Ramos, Sekerak. 2B–Strick. 3B–Lepley. RBI–Janosko, Ramos, Sekerak, Fowler, Hall, Ulery, Steiner. WP–Steiner. LP–Scalia. SO–Farabaugh 3, Steiner 4, Wilkinson 3. BB–Farabaugh 6, Wilkinson 4.
Records: The “O” (1-5); Imler’s Poultry (2-2).
Mainline shines
JOHNSTOWN — Mainline Pharmacy improved to 6-0, thanks to an 8-0 win over Cumming Motors at Point Stadium.
Andrew Miko had two hits and three RBIs for Mainline, which led 5-0 after two innings. One of his hits was a home run. Teammate Landon Hamer added three RBIs.
Three Mainline pitchers combined on the five-hit shutout as Cumming fell to 1-2.
CUMMING MOTORS (0): Angus cf 300, Ebeling lf 301, Vancus ss 300, Knable 301, Sell 2b 300, R. Fridley 3b 301, Weirich c 301, Murphy 1b 201, Neidig dh 200, Ewing p 000, Kephart p 000, M. Fridley rf 100. Totals — 26-0-5.
MAINLINE PHARMACY (8): Roberts ss 321, Smearman 2b 300, Hamer c 311, B. Roberts 3b 311, Dinyar 1b 311, Strup cf 311, Miko rf 312, Cramer lf 301, Snowberger dh-p 311, Delio p 000, Hood p 000. Totals — 27-8-8.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Cumming Motors 000 000 0 — 0 5 3
Mainline Pharmacy 032 111 X — 8 9 0
2B–Knable, Murphy, Hamer. HR–Miko. RBI–Hamer 3, Stroup, Miko 3, Cramer. WP–Delio. LP–Ewing. SO–Ewing 2, Kephart 4, Delio 3, Ho Snowberger 3. BB–Ewing 2, Delio 1.
Records: Cumming Motors (1-2); Mainline Pharmacy (6-0).
Martella’s rolls
Lucas Oleksa went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a triple and four RBIs to power Martella’s Pharmacy of the Johnstown AAABA League to a 16-2 win over MH Electric Service of the Altoona League at Vets Field.
Mason Pfeil had two hits and three RBIs for Martella’s, and Garret Emerick contributed three hits and two RBIs.
MARTELLA’S PHARMACY (16): Atherton ss 412, Ryan 3b 411, Messina lf 210, Kensinger rf 411, Janidlo p 311, McDermott p 000, Flower p 000, Oleksa c 323, Emerick 2b 323, Rearick cf 422, Pfeil 1b 422. Totals — 31-16-15.
MH ELECTRIC (2): Perry ss 200, Brazile 2b 200, Masser p 201, Brown c 200, Neiswender 3b 211, Jones lf 211, Davis 1b-p 200, Foust 201, Stiffler rf-p 201, Fields cf 100. Totals — 19-2-5.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Martella’s Pharmacy 080 08X X–16 15 1
MH Electric 020 00X X– 2 5 1
E–Oleksa, Brazile. 2B–Oleksa 2, Ryan, Atherton. 3B–Rearick, Oleksa, Pfeil. RBI–Oleksa 4, Pfeil 3, Emerick 2, Atherton, Ryan, Kensinger, Rearick. WP–McDermott. LP–Masser. SO–Janidlo 4, McDermott 1, Flower 3, Masser 1, Davis 5. BB–McDermott 1, Flower 1, Masser 3, Davis 2.
Records: Martella’s Pharmacy (6-0); MH Electric Services (0-3).
The Hill prevails
JOHNSTOWN — Alexander Financial Group fought back from an 8-3 deficit to tie the game at 8-8 in the top of the seventh on Nick Negola’s second home run of the game, but Coy Martino scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the seven to lift The Hill Group to a 9-8 win at Point Stadium.
Logan Bradish had two hits and three RBIs for The Hill, and Eli Boring drove in a pair. Negola and Gavin Burns each drove in three for Alexander, and Isaac Tiracorda went 3-for-4.
ALEXANDER FINANCIAL GROUP (8): Tiracorda lf 423, Rother ss 322, Negola cf 322, Burns 3b 311, Foster c 401, Alexander rf 400, Georgiana 1b 310, Freiwald 2b 202, Williams dh 300, Gutshall 1b-p 300, Smith p 000, Mellott p 000, Palmer p 000. Totals — 32-8-11.
THE HILL GROUP (9): Rumon 3b 422, Bascianoss 411, Weber 1b 211, Iocono 000, Martino rf-p 411, Bradish 2b 222, Boring cf 311, Show dh 301, Bazala rf 100, Spears c 402, Gisler lf 210, Means lf 100, Harrison p 000, Hrivnak p 000. Totals — 30-9-11.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Alexander Financial 201 031 1–8 11 2
The Hill Group 430 100 1–9 11 1
E–Rother, Tiracorda, Rumon. 2B–Burns, Spears, Rumon. 3B–Boring. HR–Negola 2. RBI–Negola 3, Burns 3, Foster, Gutshall, Bradish 3, Boring 2, Weber, Show, Spears. WP–Martino. LP–Gutshall. SO–Hrivnak 1, Smith 1, Mellott 2, Gutshall 3. BB–Harrison 3, Hrivnak 1, Smith 3, Mellott 4, Palmer 2, Gutshall 2.
Records: Alexander Financial Group (0-4); The Hill Group (3-3).
Legion
Claysburg falls
CLAYSBURG — Colin Dunlap fired a one-hit shutout to lead Philipsburg Phils Post 437 to a 5-0 win over Claysburg Legion Post 522 in Cambria County American Legion action.
Nick DeSimone had two hits and two RBIs for the Phils.
PHILIPSBURG PHILS POST 437 (5): Abernethy 2b 400, Colton 3b 302, White 1b 302, Lamb ss 210, Law lf 221, Lannen dh 100, Smith dh 100, DeSimone rf 312, Kephart 200, Nyman 100, Matier c 301, Kio cf 311, Dunlap p 000. Totals — 28-5-9.
CLAYSBURG LEGION POST 522 (0): Dilling ss 300, Treon cf 200, Sparks p 301, Hoenstine 3b 100, Slowik 1b 200, Neri lf-p 100, Soler rf 100, Free c 200, Harbaugh dh 200, Fee lf 200. Totals — 19-0-1.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Philipsburg Phils 020 002 1–5 9 0
Claysburg Legion 000 000 0–0 1 2
E–Neri, Free. 2B–Matier, Colton. RBI–DeSimone 2, White, Matier. WP–Dunlap. LP–Sparks. SO–Dunlap 3, Sparks 6, Neri 3. BB–Dunlap 3, Sparks 5.
Records: Philipsburg Phils Post 437 (2-0); Claysburg Legion Post 522 (1-2).
Hollidaysburg wins
Beau Rabel and Ethan Reffner combined on a three-hit shutout to lead the Hollidaysburg Legion Post 516 team to a 4-0 victory over St. Michael Legion Saints at Mansion Park in Cambria County American Legion action.
Rabel gave up one hit with five strikeouts over four innings to earn the win, and Reffner gave up two hits and struck out four over three innings to earn the save.
Eric McAllister went 2-for-2 with two RBIs for Hollidaysburg, and Brayden Pike had two hits.
ST. MICHAEL LEGION SAINTS (0): Berardinelli c 300, Beyer lf 200, E. Slanoc cf 301, Dombrosky 1b 301, Yatsky 3b-p 301, Arrington ss 100, Klein dh 300, Smiach 200, Ruddek rf 200, O. Slanoc 2b 200, Gramling 2b 000, Singer p 000. Totals — 24-0-3.
HOLLIDAYSBURG LEGION POST 516 (4): McGough 2b 210, Mierley ss 310, McAllister 3b 202, Hatch lf 300, Layton lf 000, Cacciotti 1b 210, Reffner cf-p 210, B. Pike lf 202, Staines c 201, Bolland c 000, V. Boland 200, Rabel p 100, B. Boland rf 100, Muth rf 100. Totals — 23-4-6.
SCORE BY INNINGS
St. Michael 000 000 0–0 3 3
Hollidaysburg 100 111 X–4 6 2
E–Berardinelli, Yatsky, Dombrosky, Pike, McAllister. 2B–Yatsky, McAllister. RBI–McAllister 2, Pike, Staines. WP–Rabel. LP–Singer. SO–Rabel 5, Reffner 4, Singer 4. BB–Rabel 1, Reffner 4, Singer 6, Yatsky 3.
Records: St. Michael Legion Saints (3-1); Hollidaysburg Legion Post 516 (1-0).
Teener Major
Sheetz tops Civics
Sheetz came back from a 4-0 deficit after four innings to upend Eldorado Civics Association, 5-0 in an Altoona Teener Major League game at Seitz Field.
Jaxon Nordick drove in two runs for Sheetz, and Shane Gority and Cooper Greenleaf each had two hits. Spencer Akins and Ari Holzer each had two hits for Eldorado Civics.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Sheetz 000 022 1–5 7 3
Eldorado Civics 001 300 0–4 5 1
2B–Gority (S). RBI–Nordick 2, Gority, Jimenez (S); Akins, Holzer (EC). Multiple hits–Gority 2, Greenleaf 2 (S); Akins 2, Holzer 2 (EC). WP–Butler. LP–Gibson. SO–Butler 3 (S); Akins 8 (EC).
Records: Sheetz (5-1); Eldorado Civics Association (3-2).
Gingrich gets first
Gingrich Insurance picked up its first win of the season with a 6-3 victory over Barton’s Plumbing and Heating in Altoona Teener Major League action at Seitz Field.
Vinny Ammerman allowed four hits and one run in five innings to earn the win. Daemyn Harclerode had two hits for Barton’s.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Barton’s Plumbing 000 011 1–3 5 1
Gingrich Insurance 300 201 X–6 3 1
2B–Harclerode (BP). RBI–Tremmel, Tomlinson (BP); Ammerman, Savino, Miller (GI). Multiple hits–Harclerode 2 (BP). WP–Ammerman. LP–Campagna. SO–Ammerman 2, Wright 1 (GI); Campagna 4, Tomlinson 3 (BP).
Records: Barton’s Plumbing and Heating (1-3); Gingrich Insurance (1-5).
Teener Minor
KarPro cruises
KarPro defeated McMullen Furniture, 16-2, in five innings in an Altoona Teener U13 Minor League game at Seitz Field late Monday.
Liam Divido drove in four runs on two hits for KarPro, which also got three hits each from Sully Yahner and Brady Beyer. Teammate Wesley Hicks added two hits while Cole Brown smacked an inside-the-park home run.
KARPRO 16, MCMULLEN FURNITURE 2: Multiple hits–Divido 4, Yahner 3, Beyer 3, Hicks 2 (KP). WP–Divido. LP–Bowers.
Records: KarPro (3-2), McMullen Furniture (0-4).





