The Mount Union Trojans are the kind of team you\u2019d like to have a little time to prepare for.
\nAfter all, when you\u2019re playing a perennial District 6 Class A champion, it can\u2019t hurt to have a day or two to work on defensive strategies, hitting approaches and pitching philosophies.
\nThe Tyrone Golden Eagles didn\u2019t have quite that advantage. Their Friday afternoon was originally scheduled as an off-day \u2013 not that they needed it. In a month-and-a-half of baseball, the weather had limited Tyrone to just three games.
\nBut still, there could have been better situations than to go to practice Thursday only to discover the make-up date for last Wednesday\u2019s rained-out contest with the Trojans was in 24 hours.
\nYet, the way Mount Union played yesterday, it may not have mattered if the Eagles had a week to prepare.
\nThe Trojans slammed 10 hits \u2013 three for extra bases \u2013 and Mount Union pitchers Sean Dixon and John Martinez whiffed 10 Tyrone batters in a 10-3 MAC victory in Mount Union.
\nIt was Tyrone\u2019s fist loss of the season (2-1 MAC Division 3), while the Trojans improved to 3-2 (3-0).
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got to do a better job putting the ball in play,\u201d said Tyrone manager Tom Coleman. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to take better approaches at the plate. We had a couple good at-bats here and there, but you can\u2019t be sporadic.\u201d
\nIt was tough not to be against Dixon, who went 4 2-3 innings and struck seven to record the victory. He was able to hold Tyrone scoreless until the fifth inning when the Eagles plated three runs to cut the Trojans\u2019 lead to 5-3.
\nThen Martinez came in to slam the door, striking out three of the seven batters he faced and holding a Tyrone lineup that produced 14 hits on Tuesday to zero hits.
\nSenior Mike Romano took the loss in his first start. He lasted three innings, surrendering three runs (2 earned) on 3 hits while striking out three.
\nRomano looked sharp early, retiring the side in order in the first and starting a 1-4-3 double play in the second. But he had trouble in the third.After a Matt Brooks error at third put Brandon Clemens aboard, Martinez doubled on a fly ball to left center that hung in the air and then plopped down between centerfielder Justin Schopp and left fielder Tyler Gillmen.
\nRomano then had Brent Park in a hole 0-and-2 before hanging a curve ball that Park served over the left field fence to stake the Trojans to a 3-0 lead.
\n\u201cWe had that one bad inning early,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cWe had an error here and probably should have caught the fly ball. You take that back and things might have been different.\u201d
\nRandy Hoover came on in relief and surrendered two more runs in the fourth on RBI singles by Park and Elliot Clemens.
\nTyrone rallied with three in the fifth, loading the bases for Tyler Golden, who was hit by a Dixon delivery to score Brock Anders. Randy Hoover scored on a Tyler Gillmen ground out to make it 5-2 and Golden came home when Jamie Levinson walked with the bases full.
\nMount Union got one run back in the bottom of the inning when Golden, on in relief of Hoover, walked Cody Hollibaugh with the bases loaded to make it 6-3, and then put the game away with four runs in the sixth.
\nTwo of the four runs were credited to Golden, who walked one and allowed one hit in the frame, and two more went to Gillmen, who walked one and surrendered two straight singles.
\nTyrone is scheduled to travel to Vets Field to play Bishop Guilfoyle on Monday for what would be the first of four games in the week.
\nBut pending the snowstorm forecasted for the area, the Eagles may have another wait until they play again.
\nColeman would like to see his team get more consistent game action to establish some kind of rhythm for the season.
\n\u201cI\u2019d like to start playing back-to-back or every other day to give the kids a better look and get things rolling,\u201d said Coleman. \u201cFor now we\u2019ll take it week by week and the kids will have to be prepared to play four and maybe five games a week at some points.\u201d
\nMOUNT UNION 10 TYRONE 3
\nTYRONE \u2013 Schopp, cf, 3-1-1; Golden, 2b-3b-p, 3-0-0; Gillmen, lf-p, 3-0-0; Shaffer, 1b, 2-0-1; Levinson, ss, 1-0-1; Brooks, 3b, 2-0-0; Moore, 2b, 1-0-0; Anders, c, 3-1-0; Romano, p, 0-0-0; Hoover, dh-p-3b, 3-1-1; Hunter, lf-rf, 3-0-0. TOTALS: 24-3-4.
\nMOUNT UNION \u2013 Martinez, 1b-p, 3-1-1; Park, 2b, 4-1-2; Dixon, p-1b, 3-0-1; McConaughey, cr, 0-1-0; Walters, c, 4-0-0; Varner, 3b, 3-2-1; E. Clemens, dh, 3-1-1; Smith, pr, 0-1-0; Burke, rf, 0-0-0; Kolb, lf, 4-2-3; B. Clemens, ss, 3-1-2; Hollibaugh, cf, 1-0-0. TOTALS: 28-10-11.
\nScore by Innings
\nTYRONE 000 030 0 \u2013 3- 4- 1
\nMOUNT UNION 003 214 X \u2013 10-11-1
\nIndividual Stats
\n2B: Levinson, Martinez, E. Clemens
\nHR: Park
\nRBI: Park 4, Kolb 3, B. Clemens, Hollibaugh, Golden, Levinson, Gillmen
\nSB: Brooks, McConaughey
\nK: Dixon 7, Martinez 3, Romano 3, Hoover 1, Golden 1
\nBB: Dixon 3, Hoover 1, Golden 3, Gillmen 1
\nWP: Dixon LP: Romano<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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