What a difference a few days can make!
\nWith the Tyrone girls softball team mired in a tough 1-13 season, the Lady Eagles found that although they dropped a 9-6 decision to Huntingdon Friday, that they could play pretty much even-up with the Lady Bearcats. That game, originally scheduled for April 12, featured a season high for Tyrone in hits and runs scored. One big inning was the difference for the Lady \u2018Cats.
\nOn Tuesday, at Huntingdon in the return match, Tyrone not only was competitive, they returned the favor, using three fifth-inning scores to fashion a 5-3 win.
\nAfter the Lady Eagles opened the game with a tally in the first inning, Huntingdon came right back in the bottom of the first to take the lead, but a critical double play allowed the Tyrone girls to escape without further damage.
\n\u201cThe bottom of the first inning was critical,\u201d explained Tyrone softball coach Lois Loncher. \u201cThe double play with the out at home was huge. Huntingdon had four hits in the first inning and only two runs to show for it.\u201d
\nKatie Young and Katie Keating started the game for Huntingdon with base hits and Brittany McNeal hit a double to score Young. With Keating on third and McNeal on second, Heather Malick hit a ground ball to Megan Turiano at shortstop. Megan threw to Lindsay Christine at first for the out and Christine alertly threw home to get Keating trying to score from third. Brittany McNeal scored on Ashley Kifer\u2019s hit to make the score 2-1 Huntingdon, and Kylie Everhart flew out to Ashley Pennabaker to end the inning.
\nKifer (three RBI) and McNeal (two RBI) combined to drive in five runs in the first meeting between these two schools.
\nWith the score 2-2 going into the Tyrone fifth Ashley Pennabaker, Kim Cherry and Megan Turiano hit back-to-back-to back doubles. Pennabaker scored on Cherry\u2019s double, Kim scored on Turiano\u2019s double and Megan then scored on a single by Casie Glashauser.
\nWith Tyrone leading 5-2, Huntingdon scored once in the bottom of the fifth inning, and loaded the bases in the seventh with two outs but Kylie Everhart flew out to Brooke Garbinsky to end the game.
\n\u201cWe played well today and made some key defensive plays and had some timely hitting,\u201d said Loncher.
\nThe Tyrone girls (2-14) will celebrate Senior Day against Bald Eagle Area, at the Harry K. Sickler Athletic Complex on Thursday. The first pitch is set for 4:30 p.m.
\nTyrone 5 Huntingdon 3
\nTyrone – Pennabaker, cf, 2-3-1; Cherry, c,\t3-1-1; Turiano,\tss, 3-1-1; Christine, 1b, 4-0-1; Kobuck, lf, 4-0-0; Glashauser, rf, 4\t-0-1; Harden, 3b, 1-0-0; Shultz, dp,\t3-0-1; Garbinsky, 2b, 3-0-0; Thompson, flex (p), 0-0\t-0. TOTALS 27-5-6.
\nHuntingdon – Young,\tss, 3-1-2; Keating, cf, 4-0\t-2; NcNeal, p, 4-1-2; Malick, 3b, 4-0-0; Kifer, 1b, 3-0-1; Everhart\t, 2b, 4-0-1;Montgomery, lf,\t3-1-1; Seguin, dp, 2-0-0; Fagan, ph,\t1-0-0; Campbell, rf, 3-0-1. TOTALS 31-3-10.
\nTyrone 101 030\t 0 5- 6-1.
\nHuntingdon 200 010\t 0 3-10-2.
\n2B: (T) Pennabaker 1, Cherry 1, Turiano 1, (H) McNeal 2, .
\nMultiple Hits: (H) Young 2, Keating 2, McNeal 2.
\nRBI: (T) Turiano 2, Christine 1, Glashauser 1, Cherry 1, (H) McNeal 1, Kifer 1, Campbell 1.
\nSO: (T) Thompson 3, (H) McNeal 5.
\nBB: (T) Thompson 2, (H) McNeal 4.
\nWP: Thompson LP: McNeal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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