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Clear Spring 11. Beall 1By MIKE BURKE Times-News Writer Clear Spring used the three-hit, 11 strikeout pitching of Larry Stotler and a 14-hit attack to blast the Beall Mountaineers right out of the Region I Class C playoff waters, 11-1, Saturday afternoon in Frostburg.The third-seeded Blazers will now take their big bats and 15-2 record into the Region I final against Mount Savage. The Indians, who are top-seeded in the tournament, defeated Southern Saturday afternoon 7-3. Joe Carter’s nine is also 15-2 and will host Clear Spring Tuesday afternoon afternoon at 4 o’clock.'Beall Coach Chuck Eberly, who coached Mount Savage for four seasons, guided a 1985 turnaround in his first year of coaching at his alma mater that saw the Mounties improve from 5-10-1 in 1984 to 13-4 this year. With only five seniors graduating from this year’s team Eberly is naturally excited about the baseball prospects at the Frostburg high school.“We’re really looking forward to next year,’’ said Eberly. “But let’s not forget about this season so fast. I’m so very proud of every single player on our team. We got beat today by an outstanding team and an outstanding pitcher.“They came to our place and snapped our eight-game winning streak, so they must be good. Our guys had a little slump in the middle of the season and could have easily folded up. But they’re winners. We went down to Cumberland and beat Allegany and took off from there. It was a real good year for us.” t Blazer Coach Jim Hutson wasn’t bragging after the game, but he said he knows his team has the ability to score 11 runs any time out. Plus he knows it will be a warm day in Frostburg before Stotler will give up 11.“Larry’s been a pitcher all his life. He was tough as usual today. He hasn’t lost a game in seven decisions and he’s really coming into his own. The only thing I wasn’t sure about was our chances of scoring all thoseruns against a playoff team like Beall. They’re a good team or they wouldn’t be here. They just had one of those days. I can’t complain with an 11-1 win, but I have to tell you the elements did cost us a couple of more runs.”The elements were bad, at best. It was a dank, miserable day with rain and a strong wind blowing into the hitters’ faces from left-center field. The bank thermometer across the street said it was 48 degrees. Ernie Banks would not have wanted to play on this day. The Blazers, however, did want to play and as Hutson said, the gale forces did cost his team a couple of more runs.Todd Elwood was the hitting star for the day, but he could have had a career if the wind wasn’t as strong as it was. With the Blazers leading 1-0 (Elwood hit a sacrifice fly in the first),
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Cumberland Sunday Times
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Sun, May 19, 1985
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