{"id":345,"date":"2008-05-02T13:43:54","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T17:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p=345"},"modified":"2008-06-06T13:46:13","modified_gmt":"2008-06-06T17:46:13","slug":"eagles-score-in-final-at-bat-to-defeat-williamsburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=345","title":{"rendered":"Eagles score in final at-bat to defeat Williamsburg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nGood start Tyrone center fielder Aaron Cunningham singles to open the home half of the first inning at the Harry K. Sickler Athletic Complex on Thursday. (The Daily Herald\/Bob Miller) <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

It was the perfect situation for the Tyrone baseball team.
\nTie game. Bases loaded. Bottom of the seventh inning.
\nWith the game on the line, slugger Johnny Shaffer, who had ripped the ball in three previous at-bats and had nothing to show for it but a sacrifice flyout, stepped up to the plate. The only question was whether or not the junior first baseman would keep the ball in the park.
\nTurns out, he did. Shaffer got out in front of a delivery from Williamsburg pitcher Joe Fay and dribbled one to third, turning the most anti-climactic of plays into a celebration for the Golden Eagles. Randy Hoover was able to beat third baseman Nick Rusich\u2019s throw home giving Shaffer the game-winning RBI and sending Tyrone to a 3-2 win at the Harry K. Sickler Athletic Park, its second in as many days.
\n\u201cWe needed something like this to help us gain our confidence,\u201d said Golden Eagle manager Dustin Schoening. \u201cWe played some tough schools early, and we kept telling the kids things were going to get better. It\u2019s good to get a couple in a row.\u201d
\nIt was, in fact, the first time the Eagles pieced together consecutive wins this season, and it kept alive their slim hopes of entering in the District 6-AA playoffs. Now 4-9, Tyrone can bolster its chances further with success today in a double-header on the road against Bellwood-Antis.
\nHoover and Shaffer are the favorites to start the two games on the hill for Tyrone, and if they come anywhere close to what senior Matt Brooks did against the Pirates, chances are good the Eagles\u2019 mini run can continue.
\nBrooks quietly dominated Williamsburg to the tune of 1 earned run and four strikeouts in seven innings of work. He allowed only three hits, did not walk a batter, and never allowed a runner past first base after the third inning.
\n\u201cBrooks has pitched so well for us every time he\u2019s gone out,\u201d Schoening said. \u201cIt was great o see him get a win.\u201d
\nIn his other two starts, Brooks never allowed more than three earned runs, at the same time never receiving more than three runs of support. Last Friday against Juniata Valley, he went 7 2\/3 innings without walking a batter, but still came away with a no-decision in the Eagles\u2019 4-3 extra-inning loss.
\n\u201cHe\u2019s not overpowering, but he spots the ball well and he has excellent control,\u201d said Schoening. \u201cHe also keeps the ball down, which is important.\u201d
\nAs good as he was, he was matched almost pitch for pitch by Pirates\u2019 starter Joe Fay, a tough-luck loser who was tagged with the L despite allowing only five hits in just over six innings. He struck out three and surrendered only two earned runs, but he walked five, including two in the bottom of the seventh.
\nHoover drew the first base on balls, and Aaron Cunningham beat out a sacrifice bunt attempt to put runners on first and third. After Cunningham stole second, the Pirates opted to intentionally walk Mike Moore, setting the table for Shaffer.
\n\u201cIt worked out pretty good,\u201d said Schoening. \u201cIn that situation, I\u2019ll take bases loaded with anybody on our team coming to the plate.\u201d
\nTyrone trailed 2-1 as late as the fifth inning but pulled even when Moore doubled to the gap in left-center, plating Hoover from second. More was stranded on second, one of six Golden Eagles left in scoring position.
\nThe Pirates led 1-0 in the bottom of the first and took their 2-1 lead two innings later thanks to production from Nate Robley in the lead-off spot. He was hit by a pitch to start the game, stole two bases, and came home on an error by Moore at second base.
\nIn the third, he reached on an error, stole second, and came home on a single by Toby Waite.
\nTyrone manufactured a run of its own in similar fashion in the bottom of the first to tie it early on. Cunningham got on with an error, took second on an errant pick-off attempt by Fay, and stole third base. He later scored on Shaffer\u2019s sacrifice fly to right.
\nThe loss dropped Williamsburg to 5-8.
\nTyrone\u2019s double-header with B-A begins today at 3 p.m.
\nTyrone 3 Williamsburg 2
\nWilliamsburg \u2013 Robley, cf, 2-2-0; Waite, c, 3-0-1; Young, lf, 3-0-1; Rusich, 3b, 3-0-0; C. Miller, rf, 3-0-0; Cammarato, ss, 3-0-1; Brodie, 1b, 3-0-0; Fay, p, 3-0-0; M. Miller, 2b, 2-0-0. TOTALS: 25-2-3.
\nTyrone \u2013 Cunningham, cf, 4-1-1; Moore, 2b, 3-0-1; Shaffer, 1b, 3-0-0; Taylor, dh, 3-0-0; Desch, rf, 0-0-0; Brooks, p, 3-0-0; Rudy, ss, 3-0-0; Hunter, lf, 1-0-1; Anders, c, 3-0-0; Hoover, 3b, 2-2-2. TOTALS: 25-3-5.
\nWilliamsburg 101 000 0 2-3-5.
\nTyrone 100 010 1 3-5-3.
\nE: Robley, Fay, Waite 2, Cammarato, Moore, Rudy 2 .
\n2B: Moore.
\nRBI: Moore, Shaffer 2, Young, Waite.
\nSO: Fay 3, Brooks 4.
\nBB: Fay 5, Brooks 0.
\nWP: Brooks LP: Fay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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