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Morgantown Post 2 defeats Clarksburg to win area banner

MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Post 2 captured the American Legion Area 2 tournament with a 4-3 victory over Clarksburg Post 13 Thursday night at Dale Miller Field at Mylan Park.

Post 2 broke open a 2-2 deadlock with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth as Eli Boggs had an RBI single and later scored on Tommy Montague’s sacrifice bunt.

A bases-loaded walk to Whiteman cut the deficit to 4-3 in the sixth.

But Judd Messerly retired the side in order in the seventh to end the contest.

Grayson Campbell went 5 1/3 innings to earn the win, scattering three runs on three hits and fanning four.

Madden Maxwell took the loss.

Brance McCune had a pair of hits for Morgantown.

Clarksburg had advanced to the championship round by blanking Bridgeport, 3-0, in Thursday’s first game behind Landon Frazier’s complete-game four-hitter.

Post 13 scored a single run in the bottom of the third and tacked on two insurance runs in the fifth.

Gabriel Ferrell had an RBI single in the third and Dominick Bombardiere and Preston Heslep drew bases-loaded walks in the fifth.

Logan Canfield was tagged with the loss, allowing six hits, one earned run and fanning five in going all six innings.

Frazier also went 2 for 3 for Post 13.

Area 2 Tourney

Schedule

Tuesday, July 15

Game 1 — No. 3 Bridgeport 5, No. 2 Clarksburg 2

Game 2 — No. 1 Morgantown 5, No. 4 Buckhannon 2

Wednesday, July 16

Game 3 — Clarksburg 9, Buckhannon 0

Game 4 — Morgantown 12, Bridgeport 9

Thursday, July 17

Game 5 –Clarksburg 3, Bridgeport 0

Championship

Game 6 — Morgantown 4, Clarksburg 3

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