EMLENTON, Pa. (D9Sports) — A-C Valley and Keystone split a doubleheader at A-C Valley with the Falcons taking a 1-0 win in Game One before Keystone rallied from five down to win the nightcap, 7-5.
In the 1-0 A-C Valley win, Broc Weigle outdueled Andrew Lauer.
Weigle got the complete-game shutout needing 99 pitches. He allowed three hits and three walks while striking out five.
Lauer nearly matched him zero for zero giving up a first-inning run. He allowed four hits and two walks while striking out nine.
The game’s lone tally came in the top of the first when the Falcons opened the game with two walks, a single and an RBI groundout from Joe Dehart.
Lucas Larimore, who scored the run, was 2-for-2 with a walk.
In the Keystone 7-5 win, the Panthers trailed 5-0 going to the fifth but scored five times in the top of the fifth to knot the game at five before forging ahead with two runs in the sixth on a two-run home run by Conner Exley with two outs after Corey Rapp reached on a two-out error.
The big hit in the fifth was a three-run, two-out double to center by Troy Johnson that tied the game at five.
Skylar Kagle had a pair of hits and a run scored in the win for Keystone.
Larimore was 1-for-2 with two walks, two runs scored and two RBIs for A-C Valley with Dehart going 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Johnson got the win going six innings allowing five runs, four earned, on six hits and two walks while striking out five. Ian Larson picked up the save allowing a hit in one inning of work.
Luke Whitcomb suffered the loss allowing seven runs, five earned, on seven hits and five walks in 6 ⅓ innings.
NORTH CLARION 14, FOREST AREA 1, 5 INNINGS
MARIENVILLE, Pa. — Sam and Logan Minich combined for four hits, four runs and two RBIs to lead visiting North Clarion to a 14-1, five-inning win over Forest Area at East Forest.
Sam Minich was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs with Logan Minich going 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Korey Mills added a 2-for-2 day with a double and a run scored.
Zyler Hargenrader got the win going five innings allowing an unearned run on one hit while striking out seven.
KARNS CITY 22, REDBANK VALLEY 17
HAWTHORN, Pa. — In an offensive struggle totaling 39 runs, including 16 extra-base hits with five home runs, it was visiting Karns City that slugged its way to a 22-17 win over Redbank Valley at Redbank Valley Municipal Park.
Steve O’Donnell and Austin Rumbaugh each had four hits for the Gremlins. O’Donnell doubled, tripled and drove in three runs. Logan Pistorius had two hits and drove in five runs, four coming in on his first-inning grand slam homer in the Gremlins’ seven-run inning. Nolan Riley had two hits with a home run.
Karns City led 7-1 after the first inning, 10-6 after three innings and took an 11-8 lead into the top of the sixth when it scored eight runs. Redbank Valley answered with nine runs in the bottom of the sixth before the Gremlins kicked a “field goal” in the top of the seventh with three runs.
Riley and Pistorius combined for the win on the mound for the Gremlins, with Pistorius getting credit for the victory going the final 3 2/3 innings, allowing nine runs and nine hits while striking out three.
The Bulldogs wasted a 17-hit effort. Bryan Layton and Kobe Bonanno each had four hits. Both homered while Bonanno doubled three times and drove in four runs. Layton doubled and drove in three runs. Nick Smith had three hits and scored four runs while Jimmy Gundlach doubled and homered, driving in three runs.
Starter Blaney Brooks, one of four Bulldogs pitchers, took the loss. He went 2/3 of an inning, giving up seven runs and five hits with two walks.
MONITEAU 18, UNION 0, 4 INNINGS
RIMERSBURG, Pa. — Hunter Fitzingo pitched a four-inning perfect game in Moniteau’s 18-0 win over Union.
Fitzingo needed just 42 pitches for his perfect outing, 33 of them thrown for strikes, and struck out eight of the 12 batters he faced. He also led the Warriors’ 14-hit attack, going 3-for-4 with a double, triple and two runs batted in.
Jake Jewart, Brian Kusner and Brice Williams all had three hits with Kusner and Jewart doubling and Chance Nagy tripling. Williams drove in three runs and Jewart scored three runs.
Lucas Bowser took the loss for the Knights, giving up eight runs and four hits in one inning.
