TENNERTON – Zach Calef-Boring pitched a complete game to lead the Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneers to a 6-3 home win over the Grafton Bearcats in a Big 10 Conference clash Monday night.
Calef-Boring gave up just two earned runs on five hits while striking out six.
“Zach settled in and threw a great game for us,” remarked Buckhannon-Upshur head coach Adam Squires.
Isaac Lough hit a solo home run in the top of the first and Austin Mayle hit one-run single to stake Grafton to an early 2-0 lead.
The Bucs answered with a run in their half of the inning Calef-Boring led off with a double, stole third and scored on a Grafton miscue.
Grafton scored an unearned run in the top of the second on a pair of Buckhannon-Upshur errors for a 3-1 lead.
Calef-Boring kept Grafton off the scoreboard the rest of the game.
The Bucs tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the second when Ryan Snyder drew a walk and later scored on an error and Clint Crites doubled and scored on a single by Calef-Boring.
Buckhannon-Upshur took their first lead in the bottom of the third when Ian Donnen singled and scored on a single by Snyder.
The Bucs tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the fourth when Calef-Boring singled and scored on a Grafton mistake and Landon Marple scored Elijah Bryant on a sacrifice fly.
“We had some timely hitting and we were able to fight back from an early deficit which is a good sign for us,” noted Squires.
Calef-Boring led the Buckhannon-Upshur nine-hit attack with three while Donnen and Crites each had two each.
“We had big days at the plate from all three players,” stated Squires. “We also had a big hit from Snyder. Overall it was a great time win.
The victory improved the Bucs to 4-0 on the year heading into their Tuesday battle with Liberty.
They will be back in action Thursday hosting Fairmont Senior.
First pitch is set for 5 p.m.
The boxscore:
Grafton 210 000 0 – 3
Buckhannon-Upshur 121 200 x – 6
E – Grafton 4; Buckhannon-Upshur 3. DP – Grafton. LoB – Grafton 6; Buckhannon-Upshur 8. 2B – Nose, Donnen, Bennett, Crites, Calef-Boring. HR – Lough. Sac. – Bryant. SF – Marple. SB – Calef-Boring 2 Parsons.
Hitting
Grafton – Isaac Lough ss, 4 1 1 1; Ben Louzy cf, 3 1 1 0; Dustin Keener 2b, 4 0 0 0; Austin Mayle lf, 3 0 1 1; Isaiah Vanscoy c, 3 0 1 0; Alex Hess 1b, 2 0 0 0; Cole Mooney p, 2 0 0 0; Adam Klepfel p, 1 0 0 0; Treyson Nose 3b, 3 0 1 0; MJ Niggemeyer rf, 3 1 0 0; Isaiah Vanscoy pr, 0 0 0 0. Totals 28 3 5 2.
Buckhannon-Upshur – Zach Calef-Boring p, 4 2 3 1; Elijah Bryant rf, 1 1 0 0; Landon Marple cf, 0 0 1; Ian Donnen c, 3 0 2 0; Payton Bennett lf, 2 0 1 0; Wyatt Mason 2b, 1 0 0 0; Jaden Westfall dh, 3 0 0 0; Ryan Snyder 1b, 2 1 1 1; Clint Crites3b, 3 1 2 0; Brayden Hamer ss, 2 0 0 0; Gage Parsons cr, 0 1 0 0; Drahden Rice lf, 0 0 0 0. Totals 24 6 9 3.
Pitching
Grafton – Mooney (L): 4 innings, 9 hits, 6 runs, 2 earned runs, 3 walks, 5 strikeouts; Klepfel: 2 innings, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 3 walks, 2 strikeouts.
Buckhannon-Upshur – Calef-Boring (W): 7 innings, 5 hits, 3 runs, 2 earned runs, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts, 1 wild pitch, 1 hit batsman (Hess.)
