April 6 District 9 baseball and softball recaps
SOFTBALL
KARNS CITY 8, KEYSTONE 7
KARNS CITY, Pa. – Rossi McMillen’s fielder’s choice scored Madison Gibson, as Karns City spoiled another otherworldly performance from Keystone’s Natalie Bowser with an 8-7 walk-off win over the visiting Lady Panthers.
Bowser picked up right where she left off last year hitting two home runs while going 2-for-2 with two walks and three runs scored. With the two dingers, she has homered in nine consecutive games dating back to last year and has two more home runs (16) in her career than outs committed (14).
Even when Karns City elected not to pitch to Bowser in the top of the seventh leading by four with two outs and two on, it backfield when Leah Exley smashed a grand slam over the center-field fence to tie the game.
But the Lady Gremlins got their revenge in the bottom of the inning when Marra Patton reached on an error leading off the inning with Gibson running for her. Ava Fox then singled, and each runner moved up on another error setting up McMillen for the heroics.
Patton and Allison Walker were both 2-for-4 for Karns City with one of Patton’s hits being a double.
Exley went 1-for-2 with a walk, the grand slam, a run scored, and four RBIs.
Patton got the win going four innings allowing five earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four. Walker started and went three innings allowing a Bowser home run, the only hit she allowed, while walking four and striking out four. She was charged with one run.
Bowser took the loss in relief of Exley going 1 ⅓ innings allowing one unearned run on two hits and two walks while striking out one. Exley pitched five innings giving up six unearned runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out three.
ST. MARYS 12, BROOKVILLE 4
ST. MARYS, Pa. – A monster day from Olivia Eckels helped St. Marys beat visiting St. Marys, 12-4, at Benzinger Park in St. Marys.
Eckels went 4-for-4 with a double, a triple, an RBI, and five runs scored.
Also for the Lady Dutch, Kara Hanslovan was 3-for-3 with a double, a run scored, and two RBIs, while Kendall Young was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs.
Riley Eble drove in a pair of runs for Brookville.
Lindsey Reiter got the win going 4 ⅔ innings allowing four runs, three earned, on five hits and five walks. Young picked up the save pitching 2 ⅓ innings not allowing a hit nor a walk while striking out three.
Natasha Rush took the loss going 4 ⅔ innings allowing nine runs, six earned, on 11 hits and five walks while striking out two.
ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 12, COUDERSPORT 1, 6 INNINGS
COUDERSPORT, Pa. – Lucy Klawuhn went 3-for-4 with a double, two runs scored, and four RBIs to lift visiting Elk County Catholic to a 12-1, six-inning win over Coudersport.
Lydia Anderson was also 3-for-4 with a double, a triple, an RBI, and three runs scored for the Lady Crusaders, who also got a pair of RBIs from Syd Alexander and a 2-for-3 performance with two runs scored and an RBI from Caitlyn Vollmer.
Emily Mourer got the win going six innings allowing an earned run on six hits and a walk while striking out eight.
Emma Saulter took the loss going five innings allowing six runs, five earned, on five hits and three walks while striking out two.
Aubri Thompson was 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI for Coudersport.
LIGONIER VALLEY 7, PUNXSUTAWNEY 0
LIGONIER, Pa. – Cheyenne Piper tossed a perfect game to lead Ligonier Valley to a 7-0 win over visiting Punxsutawney.
Piper, a sophomore pitching in place of the slightly injured Maddie Griffin (who actually started at shortstop against the Lady Chucks), struck out 15 of the 21 batters she faced.
On offense, Payton LaVale went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs.
Ciara Toven took the loss going six innings allowing seven unearned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out seven.
BASEBALL
PORT ALLEGANY 3, OTTO-ELDRED 1
ELDRED, Pa. – Henry Troupe broke a 1-all tie in the top of the seventh and Sawyer Prince and Drew Evens combined on a no-hitter as Port Allegany picked up a 3-1 win over Otto-Eldred.
Prince and Drew Evens combined on the no-hitter, the second no-hitter for the Gators in two games, with Prince, the second of the two pitchers, getting the win going five innings allowing an unearned run on a walk. He struck out 11. Evens threw two innings striking out five and walking four.
Price also led the Port Allegany offense going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Max Splain took the loss going 6 ⅔ innings allowing three runs, all earned, on four hits and three walks while striking out nine.
PUNXSUTAWNEY 3, ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 2
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. – Jake Sikora and Josh Tyger helped Punxsutawney outduel a pair of Elk County Catholic pitchers in a 3-2 Chucks home win.
Sikora went six innings to get the win allowing four hits and two walks while also hitting a pair of batters. He struck out seven. Tyger got the save going one innings allowing a hit and striking out one.
Isaac London went 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored the Punxsutawney with Zach Dinger also adding a double.
Joe Tettis took the loss going 4 ⅔ innings allowing three runs, two earned, on three hits and three walks while striking out six.
Lance O’Neil went 1 ⅓ innings not allowing a hit or a walk.
Tommy Slay was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored for the Crusaders.
KARNS CITY 8, KEYSTONE 1
BUTLER, Pa. – Taking advantage of six walks, five hit batters, and two Keystone errors, Karns City beat visiting Keystone, 8-1, despite getting just one hit at Michelle Krill Memorial Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler.
Jacob Callihan had the lone hit for the Gremlins, who got RBIs from Wyatt Fleming and Mallick Metcalfe. Metcalfe also scored two runs.
Three Karns City pitchers limited Keystone to one hit.
Tyler Hutchinson, the second of the three, got the win going 2 ⅓ innings of hitless ball. He walked two, hit one, and struck out six. Fleming started and went 2 ⅔ innings allowing one hit, one run, and six walks. Jacob Jones pitched two scoreless, hitless innings striking out three.
DUBOIS 15, BRADFORD 0, 4 INNINGS
DUBOIS, Pa. – Brycen Dinkfelt hit a home run and went 2-for-3 with a walk, two RBIs, and four runs scored to help DuBois roll past visiting Bradford, 15-0, in four innings.
Austin Mitchell drove in three runs for the Beavers and was 2-for-3 with a run scored, while Kaden Clark was 2-for-2 with two runs scored, and Alex Pasternak was 1-for-2 with a double, two walks, two runs scored, and an RBI.
BOLIVAR-RICHBURG (N.Y.) 9, COUDERSPORT 2
BOLIVAR, N.Y. – Wyatt Karnuth, Reiss Gaines, and Matt Mitchell each drove in a pair of runs to help Bolivar-Richburg (N.Y.) to a 9-2 win over visiting Coudersport.
Gaines was also 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.
Trey Bucholz got the win going four innings allowing one run on one hit, four walks, and two hit batters while striking out three. Caden Allen picked up the save going three innings allowing one unearned run on two hits while striking out four.
Gavyn Ayers was 1-for-3 with an RBI for Coudersport.
Garrett Kellert took the loss going five innings allowing five runs, three earned, on six hits, a hit batter, and five walks while striking out three. Ayers went an inning allowing four earned runs on two hits and three walks while striking out two.
