Lilly opened its 2024 Altoona Greater City Baseball League season with an 8-3 win over Sheetz on Sunday at Vets Field.

Derek Younker struck out six to earn the win, Josh Bracken homered, and Brent Matish delivered three hits and two RBIs.

SHEETZ (3): Schmoke 411, Treese 402, E. Sanders 400, Stern 301, Grace 301, Akers 000, Detwiler 000, Hillard 301, C. Sanders 310, Eapson 311, Conigy 200, Reynolds 100. Totals — 30-3-7.

LILLY (8): Matish 413, Gallaher 411, Kravetz 311, Bracken 322, C. McCoy 300, Porter 412, Dunlap 100, Farabaugh 010, Younker 000, Holberg 000, Fabbri 300, L. McCoy 110. Totals — 26-8-9.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Sheetz 100 020 0–3 7 3

Lilly 302 120 X–8 9 2

E–C. McCoy, L. McCoy, C. Sanders, Eapson, Stern. 2B–Bracken, Gallaher, Eapson. 3B– HR–Bracken. RBI–Bracken 2, Matish 2, Dunlap, Gallaher, Schmoke, Treese, Stern. WP–Younker. LP–Akers. SO–Akers 1, Detwiler 3, Younker 6, Holberg 3. BB–Detwiler 3.

Records: Sheetz (0-1); Lilly (1-0).

Refresh prevails

Refresh Med Spa downed Honey Baked Ham, 7-5, by scoring three runs in the top of the seventh inning in a City League game at Vets.

Brendan Grazier went 4-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs for Refresh.

REFRESH MED SPA (7): Mento ss 411, Petulla 3b 401, Weiland cf 411, L. Mento 1b-p 411, Yahner c 321, Grazier rf 414, J. Barton 410, Green 300, Wardrop 400, McNellis p 000. Totals — 34-7-9.

HONEY BAKED HAM (5): Z. Barton lf 412, McCabe ss 321, Martellacci cf 220, M. Barton rf 100, Kudlawiec rf 100, G. Rossman 1b 302, Stoner 3b 300, H. Rossman c 300, Malone 2b 200, Lucas 100, Naglowsky 2b 300, Krise p 000, Rightenour p 000. Totals — 26-5-5.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Refresh Med Spa 400 000 3–7 9 2

Honey Baked Ham 310 010 0–5 5 5

2B–Grazier 2, Mento. 3B–Z. Barton. RBI–Grazier 2, Weiland, J. Barton, Green, G. Rosman, Stoner. WP–L. Mento. LP–Rightenour. SO–L. Mento 7, Krise 3, Rightenour 6. BB–McNellis 1, L. Mento 2, Krise 2, Rightenour 1.

Records: Refresh Med Spa (1-0); Honey Baked Ham (0-1).

BCO blanks Ridge

Seth Smith tossed a three-hit shutout with five strikeouts and no walks to lift Blair County Oil to a 3-0 Greater City League win over Allegheny Ridge Bats at Vets Field.

BLAIR COUNTY OIL (3): Duppsant dh 420, Smith p 000, Callari lf 300, Steffy rf 411, Turiano 3b 401, Klausman 2b 200, Harbaugh 2b 100, Kuhns ss 201, Gochnaur 1b 200, Houser c 200, Katwoski cf 300. Totals — 27-3-3.

ALLEGHENY RIDGE BATS (0): Watt ss 301, Gotshall 2b 300, Durbin rf 301, Patterson 1b-lf-p 300, Ball c 300, Dombrosky 3b 301, Rosemas dh 200, Hammerle p 000, McCombie lf 100, Vinglish 1b 100, Karlheim cf 200. Totals — 24-0-3.

SCORE BY INNINGS

Blair County Oil 102 000 0–3 3 0

Allegheny Ridge Bats 000 000 0–0 3 2

E–Dombrosky, Gottshall. 2B–Steffy. RBI–Steffy 2, Gochnaur. WP–Smith. LP–Hammerle. SO–Smith 5, Hammerle 3, Patterson 1. BB–Hammerle 1, Patterson 1.

Records: Blair County Oil (1-0); Allegheny Ridge Bats (0-1).

Cumming prevails

Cumming Motors downed Furrer Beverage, 12-4, behind three doubles from Nick Dunmire in an Altoona Teenier League Babe Ruth 15U game at Seitz Field.

CUMMING MOTORS 12, FURRER BEVERAGE 4: 2B–Dunmire 3, Donlan 2, Clapper, Cicero, Stump (CM); Pfeffer, Waite (FB). RBI–Gojmerac 2, Donlan 2, Dunmire 2, Stump, Umholtz, Dunn, Simanski (CM); Waite 4 (FB). Multiple hits–Dunmire 3, Donlan 2, King 2 (CM); Waite 2 (FB). WP–Clapper. LP–Johnson. SO–Clapper 13, Stump 2 (CM); Johnson 3, Pfeffer 2 (FB).

Records: Cumming Motors (1-0); Furrer Beverage (0-1).

Night Train wins

Carter McConnell struck out 13 batters and also had two hits to help Night Train roar past Gingrich Insurance, 10-0, in an Altoona Teener League Babe Ruth 15U game at Seitz Field.

NIGHT TRAIN 10, GINGRICH INSURACE 0: 3B-Burgan (NT). RBI-Biddle 2, Burgan 2, McConnell (NT). Multiple hits–Albarano 2, McConnell 2, Biddle 2 (NT). WP–McConnell. LP–Garman. SO–McConnell 13 (NT); Garman 2, O’Conner 2 (GI).

Records: Night Train (1-0); Gingrich Insurance (0-1).

Shaw triumphs

Reese Hite and Ari Holzer combined on a no-hitter to help Shaw Forestry top Barton’s Plumbing & Heating, 16-1, in an Altoona Teener League Babe Ruth 15U game at Seitz Field.

SHAW FORESTRY 16, BARTON’S PLUMBING & HEATING 1: 2B-Andrews 2, Phillips, Holzer (SF). RBI-Phillips 2, Andrews 2, Breene 2, Shaw, Gach, Holzer (SF); Lynch (BPH). Multiple hits–Phillips 2, R. Hite 2, Andrews 2, Breene 2, Gach 2 (SF). WP–R. Hite. LP–Webb. SO–R. Hite 5 (SF); Web 1, Brazile 3 (BPH).

Records: Shaw Forestry (1-0); Barton’s Plumbing & Heating (0-1).

All-State wins

All-State topped Home Instead, 10-6, in an Altoona Teener League Babe Ruth 15U game at Seitz Field. Parker Knorr had two hits and two RBIs for All-State, and Colton Porreca had two hits and three RBIs for Home Instead.

ALL-STATE 10, HOME INSTEAD 6: 2B-Porreca (HI); Knorr (AS). RBI-Porreca 3, Boob (HI); Knorr 2, Claar, Frye, Fether, Hooper Tremmel (AS). Multiple hits–Porreca 2, Greenleaf 2 (HI); Frye 2, Knorr (AS). WP–Claar. LP–Boob. SO–Frye 8, Claar 6, Tremmel 1 (AS); Porreca 3, boob 5 (HI).

Records: All-State (1-0); Home Instead (0-1).