COUDERSPORT, Pa. – A pair of one-run extra-inning ball games highlighted District 9 baseball action Friday, April 14.
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In Coudersport, Bradford scored a run in the top of the eighth to defeat the Falcons, 4-3, while at Clarion-Limestone, the Lions walked off Moniteau, 6-5, in nine innings.
There was a third one-run game that finished in regulation innings, as St. Marys topped DuBois, 5-4, at Showers Field in DuBois, while Johnsonburg won a 2-0 game over visiting Redbank Valley.
All of those recaps and more are below.
BRADFORD 4, COUDERSPORT 3, 8 INNINGS
COUDERSPORT. Pa. – Noah Swanson’s two-out single to right scored Chase Gray from second in the top of the eighth giving Bradford a 4-3, eight-inning win over Coudersport.
Gray started the two-out rally with an infield single and then stole second base.
The game was really about a pair of pitchers for both teams.
Talon Reese and Swanson combined to limit Coudersport to five hits, while Owen Deutschlander and Mason Roessner kept Bradford to six hits.
Swanson got the win in relief going 2 ⅓ innings of hitless ball. He walked one and struck out four.
Reese started and went 5 ⅔ innings before reaching the 100-pitch limit. He allowed three runs, just one earned, on five hits and two walks while striking out seven.
Roessner took the loss in relief going four innings giving up two runs, one earned, on three hits and a walk while striking out three.
Deutschlander started and went four innings giving up two earned runs on three hits, a walk, and a hit batter while striking out five.
Gray had a nice day at the plate for the Owls going 3-for-4 with two doubles, a run scored, and an RBI.
Danny VanVladricken went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI for Coudersport.
CLARION-LIMESTONE 6, MONITEAU 5, 9 INNINGS
STRATTANVILLE, Pa. – Logan Lutz scored on a fielding error on Moniteau left fielder Landon Kelly to give Clarion-Liemstone a 6-5 walk-off, nine-inning win over Moniteau.
Lutz walked leading off the inning and scored when Jordan Hesdon’s one-out single to left got past Kelly.
C-L tied the game at five with a run in the bottom of the seventh after Monietau had taken a 5-4 lead with two runs in the top of the seventh.
Tommy Smith reached on a one-out error by Monietau first baseman Brock Matthews in the seventh and scored when the next batter, Hesdon, doubled to left.
Moniteaua had taken the lead on a home run by Matthews in the top of the seventh after James Gillen had tied the game with a double but was thrown out trying to go to third.
Hesdon led C-L going 3-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, a run scored, and an RBI, while Smith was 2-for-4 with three runs scored.
Matthews was 3-for-5 with the home run, two runs scored, and an RBI, while Gillen was 2-for-2 with two doubles and an RBI, and Connor Ealy was 2-for-5 with two runs scored.
Dawson Cook also went 3-for-5 with an RBI for the Warriors.
Nick Aaron got the win in relief throwing 2 ⅓ innings of scoreless relief. He allowed two hits and a walk while striking out one.
Kohen Kemmer started for the Lions and pitched 6 ⅔ innings allowing five runs, four earned, on 10 hits and a hit batter while striking out three.
Ealy was the losing pitcher giving up an unearned run on a hit and two walks while striking out one in 1 ⅓ innings of work.
Cook started for Moniteau and went seven innings giving up five unearned runs on six hits, a walk, and a hit batter while striking out six.
ST. MARYS 5, DUBOIS 4
DUBOIS, Pa. – Scoring all five of its runs in the first two innings, St. Marys held on to beat DuBois, 5-4, at Showers Field in DuBois.
The Dutch led 2-0 at the end of a ½ inning but trailed 3-2 going to the second before scoring three times in the second to take a 5-3 lead.
DuBois got a run back in the sixth, but the Beavers had the tying run at second in the person of Noah Farrell, whose double brought home their fourth run, in the sixth inning with no one out but failed to bring him home thanks to outstanding relief work from Charlie Coudriet.
Coudriet, who replaced Lucas Bauer following the Farrell double, retired six of the seven batters he faced. He allowed one hit and struck out two to earn the save.
Bauer went five-plus innings allowing four earned runs on five hits and five walks while striking out four.
Vonny Lenze was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs for the Duch, while Logan Mosier was 1-for-4 with a triple, a run scored, and an RBI, and Bauer went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, and two RBIs.
Farrell was 3-for-3 with two doubles, a run scored, and two RBIs for DuBois with Jordan Ell going 1-for-2 with a double, a walk, and two RBIs. Tyler Chamberlin walked twice and scored twice.
Chamberlin took the loss going three innings allowing five runs, two earned, on six hits and three walks while striking out three. Farrell pitched four innings of scoreless relief allowing a hit and two walks while striking out 10.
JOHNSONBURG 2, REDBANK VALLEY 0
JOHNSONBURG, Pa. – Luke Zimmerman tossed a gem to lead Johnsonburg to a 2-0 win over visiting Redbank Valley.
Zimmerman needed just 84 pitches to get the shutout. He allowed three hits and three walks while striking out six.
Zimmerman outdueled the Clouse twins.
Owen Clouse went three innings giving up two runs, one earned, on four hits and four walks while striking out two. Mason Clouse then went three scoreless innings allowing two hits while striking out two.
Derek Beimel had a pair of hits for Johnsonburg going 2-for-4, while Zimmerman was also 2-for-4.
NORTH CLARION 6, BROOKVILLE 3
FRILLS CORNERS, Pa. – Aiden Hartle gave North Clarion 6 ⅔ innings of solid pitching, and the Wolves scored four times in the bottom of the sixth to beat Brookville 6-3.
Hartle, who threw 107 pitches, allowed three runs, two earned, on five hits and three hit batters while striking out 11.
Wade Peters came on and record the save getting Kal Kalenbach to pop out to Hartle, now playing shortstop, with a runner at third.
The game was tied at two until the sixth when North Clarion scored four runs on three walks and two hits.
The big hits in the inning were a two-run double by Ethan Carll with the bases loaded and one out that broke the tie, and a two-out, two-run single by Drake Irwin.
Carll was 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored, and two RBIs, while Irwin went 2-for-3 with a run scored and three RBIs.
Pierson Ruhlman was 2-for-3 with an RBI for Brookville with Riley Smith going 2-for-3.
Sam Krug took the loss. He gave up two earned runs on two walks.
CAMERON COUNTY 15, OSWAYO VALLEY 2, 6 INNINGS
SHINGLEHOUSE, Pa. – Eastyn Solveson drove in three runs, and Jesop Farabaugh had three hits in Cameron County’s 15-2, six-inning rout at Oswayo Valley.
Solveson was 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored, and Farabuahg went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, a run scored, and two RBIs.
Josh Beer also drove in a pair of runs for Cameron County going 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored, while Ryan Shaffer was 1-for-2 with two walks, an RBI, and three runs scored.
Andrew Wood was 2-for-3 for Oswayo Valley.
Farabaugh got the win going six innings allowing two unearned runs on three hits, a walk, and a hit batter while striking out seven.
Ethan Hackman took the loss giving up three earned runs on two hits, three walks, and a hit batter while striking out three in 2 ⅓ innings of work.
CRANBERRY 12, KEYSTONE 1, 5 INNINGS
SENECA, Pa. – Seth Deloe drove in three runs and Austin Shoup and Travis Carbaugh each had a pair of hits to lift Cranberry to a 12-1, five-inning home win over Keystone.
DeLoe was 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored, Shoup was 2-for-2 with a walk and an RBI, and Carbaugh was 2-for-wi with a walk and two runs scored.
Chaz Renninger had the lone hit and RBI for Keystone. He doubled with Drew Keth scoring.
Shoup got the win going five innings allowing the one earned run on one hit and three walks while striking out 14.
Noah Weckerly took the loss going two innings allowing 10 unearned runs on four hits, three walks, and a hit batter while striking out two. Cole Henry went two innings allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits and a walk while striking out two.
KANE 15, SMETHPORT 0, 3 INNINGS
KANE, Pa. – Luke Ely and Dane Anderson combined to drive in nine runs in Kane’s 15-0, three-inning home win over Smethport.
Ely was 3-for-5 with five RBIs, while Anderson went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and three runs scored.
Kyle Zook also was 1-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored for the Wolves.
Also in the win, Elijah Everett went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored, and Lucas Burrs was 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs scored.
Brentton McDowell had the lone hit for Smethport.
Brock Wensel got the win going three innings allowing one hit and a walk while striking out four.
Kegeen Watson took the loss going 1 ⅔ innings allowing 14 runs, 11 earned, on 12 hits, a walk, and two hits batters while striking out two.
