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Roman Fridley had a walk-off single to lead Cumming Motors to a comeback, 7-6, victory over Alexander Financial Group in the first game of the best-of-three Altoona AAABA semifinal series at Vets Field on Sunday.
Alexander Financial Group built a 5-0 lead, and Matthew Gutshall and Reese Alexander each had two RBIs for Alexander.
Mason Mierley, Donald Miller and Alex Ebeling each had two hits for Cumming Motors, and Alex Neidig threw five innings and relief and did not allow an earned run.
ALEXANDER FINANCIAL GROUP (6): Rother ss 311, Foster c 401, Negola cf 310, Dombrowsky lf 220, Gutshall 1b 310, J. Georgiana 3b 301, Freiwald 2b 311, Alexander rf 201, Kordish dh 300, Mellott 1b 000. Totals -- 26-6-5.
CUMMING MOTORS (7): Angus cf 401, Oakes dh 310, Ebeling lf 322, Thornburg c 200, MIerley ss 312, Sacco 301, Fridley 1b 311, Miller 3b 312, Lusk rf 301, V. Boland 2b 301. Totals -- 30-7-11.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Alexander Financial 212 000 1--6 5 1
Cumming Motors 001 300 3--7 11 3
E--Mierley 2, Lusk, J. Georgiana. 2B--Freiwald. RBI--Sacco 2, Angus, Mierley, Fridley, Miller, Lusk; Gutshall 2, Alexander 2, Freiwald, J. Georgiana. WP--Neidig. LP--Gutshall. SO--Neidig 7, Oakes 1, Palmer 4, Smith 2. BB--Oakes 5, Palmer 3, Gutshall 1.
Series: Cumming Motors leads series 1-0.
Electric shocks Imler's
MH Electric Services knocked off top-seeded Imler's Poultry, 9-2, in the first game of their best-of-three Altoona AAABA semifinal series with a strong pitching performance from Kyron Fields, who went the distance and struck out 11.
Carter Savage had three hits, and Colin Bush had two hits and three RBIs for MH Electric Services.
Chase Plummer and Jake Hall each had two hits for Imler's.
MH ELECTRIC SERVICES (9): Perry ss 522, Neiswender rf 411, Savage 1b 323, Davis dh 412, Jones cf 312, Bush 3b 412, Weirich c 301, Breazeal lf 311, Shade 2b 301. Totals -- 32-9-15.
IMLER'S POULTRY (2): Fowler 2b 300, Hall cf 312, Kraft c 301, Lepley 300, Plummer 3b 202, Powell rf 301, Farabaugh 1b 301, Parsons lf 100, Steiner ss 200, Hileman dh 100, Oakes dh 200. Totals -- 26-2-7.
SCORE BY INNINGS
MH Electric Services 400 005 0--9 15 0
Imler's Poultry 000 200 0--2 7 0
2B--Plummer, Hall, Davis 2, Neiswender. RBI--Plummer 2, Bush 3, Weirich 2, Perry, Savage, Davis, Jones. WP--Fields. LP--Baer. SO--Fields 11, Baer 2, Farabaugh 1. BB--Fields 2, Baer 4, Farabaugh 1.
Series: MH Electric Services leads series 1-0.
American Legion
Claysburg no-hit
CLAYSBURG -- Claysburg Legion Post 522 had only one baserunner, a walk drawn by Troy McNichol, in an 11-0 loss to the Latrobe Jethawks in American Legion Region 7 play on Sunday.
Claysburg fell to 1-1.
Josh Short was 3-for-3 with four RBIs for Latrobe.
CLAYSBURG LEGION 522 (0): Hoenstine lf 200, Treon cf 200, McNichol dh 100, Klotz ss 200, Slowik 2b 200, Sparks 1b 200, Tremmel 3b 200, Murtagh c 100, Neri rf 100. Totals -- 15-0-0.
LATROBE JETHAWKS (11): Wisniewski ss 210, Ruffner p 221, C. Short 2b 332, Fridley rf 211, Razza lf 332, J. Short c 313, Chappel 3b 200, McCune 1b 302, Moser p 000, Hrubik cf 200. Totals -- 22-11-11.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Claysburg Legion 000 00X X-- 0 0 0
Latrobe Jethawks 443 0XX X--11 11 0
2B--C. Short 2, J. Short. RBI--J. Short 4, Razza 3, McCune 2, Hrubik, C. Short. WP--Ruffner. LP--Harbaugh. SO--Ruffner 7, Klotz 2, Tremmel 1, Harbaugh 1. BB--Ruffner 1, Harbaugh 3, Tremmel 3, Klotz 1.
Records: Latrobe Jethawks (2-0); Claysburg Legion 522 (1-1).
Claysburg rolls
CLAYSBURG -- Troy McNichol hit a grand slam and scored four runs in Claysburg Legion's 11-5 win over Bushy Run in its opening game of the American Legion Region 7 tournament on Saturday.
Mason Sparks struck out 10 batters, and Kyle Klotz went 3-for-4 for Claysburg.
Noah Rattigan had two hits for Bushy Run.
CLAYSBURG (11): Hoenstine 2b 512, Treon cf 410, McNichol lf 141, Klotz ss 413, Slowik 1b 402, Sparks p 401, Tremmel 3b 502, Murtagh c 302, Soler rf 420. Totals -- 34-11-13.
BUSHY RUN (5): Nattigan rf 422, Lawson lf 411, Kerstetter c 200, Septa 1b 401, Ponzetti dh 401, Gigliotti ss 300, L. Thomas cf 300, McFarland 2b 210, A. Thomas 3b 301. Totals -- 29-5-6.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Claysburg 040 130 3--11 13 3
Bushy Run 004 000 1-- 5 6 2
E--Sparks 2, Hoenstine, Ridley 2. 2B--Rattigan, Hoenstine. 3B--Rattigan, Hoenstine. HR--McNichol. RBI--McNichol 4, Slowik 2, Hoenstine, Sparks, Tremmel, Soler, A. Thomas, Ponzetti, Septa, Lawson. WP--Sparks. LP--A. Thomas. SO--Sparks 10, Treon 2, A. Thomas 3, Ridley 2. BB--Sparks 1, A. Thomas 7, Ridley 3.
City League
BCO cruises
Julian Masone had three hits and two RBIs, and winning pitcher Graham Spitz also drove in two for Blair County Oil in an 11-3 win over Honey Baked Ham in a Greater Altoona City League game at Vets Field on Sunday.
BCO is now 5-11 while Honey Baked Ham fell to 2-14.
BLAIR COUNTY OIL (11): Harbaugh cf 422, Duppstadt lf 502, Spitz p 510, Scarton ss 310, Gochnaur 3b 511, Masone 2b 333, Casalvieri c 221, Smith 1b 311, Yonkosky rf 300. Totals -- 33-11-10.
HONEY BAKED HAM (3): Evans ss 400, H. Rossman lf 300, Stoner cf 310, D. Georgiana c 300, Hanzir rf 311, G. Rossman 2b 300, McCabe p 313, Osborn 3b 201, Dicken 2b 300. Totals -- 27-3-5.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Blair County Oil 005 042 0--11 10 1
Honey Baked Ham 000 200 1-- 3 5 4
E--Scarton, D. Georgiana 3, McCabe. 2B--Osborn, Masone, Casalvieri. RBI--Masone 2, Spitz 2, Harbaugh, Duppstadt, Gochnaur, Casalvieri, Smith, Hanzir, McCabe, Osborn. WP--Spitz. LP--McCabe. SO--Evans 5, McCabe 1, Dicken 1, Spitz 8. BB--McCabe 5, Evans 2, Spitz 1.
Records: Blair County Oil (5-11); Honey Baked Ham (2-14).
Kelley Fed
Forfeit win
Sons & Daughters of Italy advanced to the George B. Kelley Federation semifinals with a forfeit win over Mile Level Physical Therapy after the Cove-based team could not get enough players to play Game 3 in their quarterfinal series on Sunday.
Sons & Daughters of Italy will take on Gloria Gates Care, and Barton's Plumbing & Heating will play Laurel Medical in the semifinal best-of-three series starting on Tuesday with a doubleheader at Mansion Park.
Teener Major
Metzler wins
Metzler Brothers Transport used an eight-run third inning to pull away from KarPro in a 10-2 Altoona Teener Major League victory at Seitz Field on Sunday.
Cam Heck had three hits, and Colby Gojmerac had two hits and three RBIs for the winners.
Metzler Brothers improved to 5-11 while KarPro fell to 4-13.
SCORE BY INNINGS
KarPro 110 000 0-- 2 5 2
Metzler Brothers 118 000 X--10 8 1
2B--Bartley, Heck (MB); Boozer (KP). RBI--Shirey, Ogden; Gojmerac 3, Bartley, Clark, Hetrick, Heck, Dively (MB); Shirey, Ogden (KP). Multiple hits--Heck 3, Gojmerac 2 (MB). WP--Hoover. LP--Pletcher. SO--Gojmerac 2, Hoover 1, Pletcher 5, Zeigler 1.
Records: Metzler Brothers Transport (5-11); KarPro (4-13).
Lockard stars
Gavin Lockard had three hits and drove in four runs to lead Old School Printing to a 14-1 win over Barton's Plumbing & Heating in an Altoona Teener Major League game at Seitz Field on Sunday.
Michael Miller, Carter Lechner and Gavin Mickey each had two hits for Old School Printing, which also picked up a forfeit win over Davison Snacks earlier in the day.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Barton's P&H 000 10X X-- 1 2 1
Old School Printing 242 6XX X--14 13 3
2B--Lockard, Mickey, Hoyer (OS). RBI--Lockard 4, Miller 2, Woodring 2, Kessinger, Mickey (OS); Hatfield (BP). Multiple hits--Lockard 3, Miller 2, Lechner 2, Mickey 2 (OS). WP--Hoyer. LP--Knott. SO--Hoyer 6, Kessinger 3 (OS); Knott 4, Treon 1 (BP).
Records: Barton's Plumbing & Heating (4-10); Old School Printing (14-4).