CURWENSVILLE, Pa. (D9Sports) – Jarrett Esposito’s double to left drove home the eventual game-winning runs in the top of the seventh, as Brockway scored four times in the seventh to stun Curwensville, 13-11.
(Photo: Jarrett Esposito)
Andrew Trunzo 2-2, two-run, two-out single tied the game at 11 in the seventh before Matthew Clark walked. Both runners then stole bases before Esposito broke the tie when he drove a 0-1 pitch for the double.
The Rovers trailed 10-1 after three but got back into the game with a six-run fourth and a two-run fifth.
Jesse Johnson had a pair of doubles for Brockway going 3-for-5 with a run scored and four RBIs. Angelo Inzana added a triple, two runs scored and an RBI with Trunzo going 1-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBIs. Erik Botwright and Tyler Serafini also scored twice.
Serafini got the win in relief going five innings allowing four unearned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out two.
Avery Francisco was 5-for-5 with a double, a triple, two runs scored and four RBIs for Curwensville. Bryce Timko added two hits, a run scored and three RBIs.
Noah VonGunden took the loss allowing seven runs, five earned, on six hits and four walks while striking out three in 1 ⅓ innings of relief.
CLEARFIELD 7, TYRONE 5
HYDE, Pa. – Jumping out to a 6-0 lead after three innings, Clearfield held off a Tyrone comeback attempt to get a 7-5 win over the visiting Golden Eagles.
Clearfield, which stole seven bases in the game, scored twice on double steals in the first inning and also added a run on the back end of a double-steal attempt in the second where the runner was thrown out at second.
Four Bison had two hits apiece including Zane Morgan, who doubled in a run. Reese Wilson added a pair of hits, an RBI and two runs scored, Thayne Morgan and Will Myers each chipped in two singles.
Eli Glass got the win in relief of Jake Sorbera. He went 2 ⅓ innings allowing three runs on three hits and three walks while striking out three. Tommy Hazel picked up the save going one inning, allowing a hit and a walk. Hazel was helped out by a game-ending double play.
Micah Woomer had a pair of singles and an RBI for Tyrone with Cory Lehman adding a two-run single in the sixth before scoring on a Brett Robison double in the inning.
Brian Gunter took the loss lasting 2 ⅓ innings and giving up six runs on six hits and three walks while striking out two.
KEYSTONE 16, FOREST AREA 1, 3 INNINGS; KEYSTONE 13, FOREST AREA 0, 5 INNINGS
KNOX, Pa. – Keystone outscored visiting Forest Area 19-1 to sweep a doubleheader from the visiting Fires.
The Panthers won Game One 16-1 in three innings and Game Two 13-0 in five innings.
In the first game, Conner Exley and Brodi Switzer each had a pair of RBIs with Exley and Sawyer Reed having two-hit game and the Panthers drawing 13 walks.
Exley was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored, Reed was 2-for-2 with an RBI and Switzer was 1-for-1 with a double and two runs scored. Corey Rapp also doubled, scored a run and drove one in for the Panthers.
Rapp got the win going three innings allowing one unearned run on one hit and three walks while striking out five.
In the nightcap with Forest Area acting as the home team, Austin Ion doubled twice and Rapp had a triple and a double to pace the 13-run explosion.
Ion went 3-for-3 with a walk, three runs scored and two RBI with Rapp going 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored. Devin Dunkle added two hits, including a double, and two RBIs, while Reed had a double, walked twice and drove in a run.
Dunkle, Dawson Steele and Skylar Kagle combined to one-hit Forest Area.
Dunkle got the win going four innings allowing the hit and three walks while striking out seven. Steeler pitched ⅔ of an inning walking three and striking out two while Kagle got the final out on three pitches.
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