What Brit Mingle and Clint Wilson did for the heart of Tyrone\u2019s lineup yesterday \u2013 while eye-opening \u2013 is almost expected.
\nTwo of the Eagles\u2019 top power and RBI men for the last two seasons, the duo absolutely dominated two Claysburg-Kimmel pitchers from the three- and four-holes, combining to go 7-for-9 with seven RBI, five runs scored and four extra base hits.
\nWhat may not have been expected was the way sophomore pitcher Tyler Gillmen \u2013 who made just his third varsity start – handled the same spots in the Bulldogs\u2019 order. Claysburg\u2019s three and four hitters managed just two hits, one run, one RBI and struck out twice as Tyrone snapped a two-game losing streak with a 12-4 victory in Claysburg.
\nWith a lively fastball and biting curve, Gillmen rendered the two production spots so ineffective that their lone run didn\u2019t cross the plate until the fifth inning, after Tyrone had already built an 8-3 lead, and even then it came only when two passed balls and a throwing error plated three-hitter Mike Claycomb.
\nGillmen was just as strong against batters five and six \u2013 which went 0-for-6 \u2013 and he grew stronger as the game wore on, retiring the final nine batters he faced, and 10 of the last 11.
\nIn picking up the complete-game win, Gillmen allowed only three earned runs on four hits and fanned nine \u2013 tops for the Eagles this season. Tyrone improved to 4-2 (2-2 MAC), and won for the first time since April 5.
\n\u201cTyler mixed his pitches very well,\u201d said Tyrone manager Tom Coleman. \u201cThat was really important for him in his first outing of the season. It was nice to see him get the win and get the nine strikeouts.\u201d
\nStrong run support made Gillmen\u2019s job that much easier, and it started with Wilson and Mingle. Wilson went 4-for-5 with a double and 4 RBI, while Mingle ripped three doubles, drove in three runs and scored four times.
\nSeven of the Eagles\u2019 12 hits were for extra bases as eight different players hit safely.
\n\u201cI hope that\u2019s a good sign for the future,\u201d said Coleman, whose team had struck out 19 times in its two losses. \u201cAt practice yesterday we worked on just putting the ball in play and making the defense do the work. Today, we did a good job of hitting with two strikes and making things happen with two outs just by putting the ball in play.\u201d
\nTyler Weyant took the loss for the Bulldogs (3-2, 2-1), allowing nine earned runs in just over five innings of work. He fanned five and only walked three, but he was soft with his fastball in the heart of the strike zone, and the Eagles jumped on him early.
\nIn the first inning, Tyrone had three straight extra-base hits as a Ben Gummo triple to the gap in left center, followed by Wilson and Mingle doubles, allowed the Eagles to forge a 2-0 lead.
\nTyrone scored three more in the third to go up 5-1, but the backbreaker for the Bulldogs came in the fourth when the Eagles plated three runs to go up 8-2. Sophomore Jamie Levinson started the inning with a double and scored one batter later when Josh Clark singled to left. Clark would eventually come around on Mingle\u2019s second double, and Mingle came home soon after when a Wilson liner squirted into left field for Tyrone\u2019s third run of the frame.
\nGillmen ran into a little trouble in the bottom of the fourth when, after walking Tyler Claar to load the bases he walked Adam Whetstone on four pitches to give Claysburg its third run, but he would allow only one other base runner the rest of the way. Over the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, Gillmen fanned three and allowed only one ball to be hit out of the infield.
\nTyrone tacked on four more runs in the sixth, two coming home when Wilson singled to left for his fourth hit of the game.
\n\u201cClint and Brit are good contact hitters,\u201d said Coleman. \u201cThey have a lot of experience and I have high expectations for them. They\u2019re the kind of hitters that usually come through for us.\u201d
\nDIAMOND NOTES: Tyrone played all 16 of the players that made the trip \u2026 catcher Derrick Soellner (.353, 5 RBI) missed the game to attend a school-related conference \u2026 Tyler Golden rapped his first varsity RBI with single in the sixth \u2026 Levinson registered the first extra-base hit of his varsity career with his fourth-inning double \u2026 Gillmen is now 2-1 as a starter in two seasons \u2026 Tyrone visits rival Bellwood-Antis Monday at 4:30.
\nTyrone 12 Claysburg-Kimmel 4
\nTYRONE \u2013 Mertiff, ss, 5-1-1; Gummo, 2b, 3-2-1; Morrissey, 2b, 0-0-0; Mingle, rf, 4-4-3; Wilson, 1b, 5-2-4; Romano, pr, 0-1-0; Gillmen, 4-1-1; Graham, c, 0-0-0; Stotler, dh, 2-0-0; Myers, lf, 0-0-0; Rogers, pr, 0-0-0; Hertzler, 3b, 3-0-0; Golden, 3b, 1-0-1; Levinson, lf-c, 4-1-1; Clark, cf, 3-1-1; Anders, ph, 1-0-0. TOTALS: 35-12-13.
\nClaysburg-Kimmel \u2013 Whetstone, ss, 2-1-0; T. Weyant, p-cf, 4-0-0; Claycomb, 3b, 0-0-0; Leslie, dh, 3-1-1; Doroba, c, 3-0-1; J. Claar, cr, 0-0-0; Iachini, lf, 3-0-0; Negley, p, 0-0-0; Helsley, rf, 3-0-0; Nale, cf-lf, 3-1-1; R. Weyant, 1b, 2-0-0; McClore, ph, 1-0-0; T. Claar, 2b, 2-1-1. TOTALS: 26-4-4.
\nTYRONE 203 304 0 \u2013 12-13-2
\nCLAYSBURG-KIMMEL 101 110 0 \u2013 4- 4- 2
\n2B: Mingle 3, Mertiff, Wilson, Levinson, T. Claar.
\n3B: Gummo.
\nRBI: Wilson 4, Mingle 3, Gillmen, Golden, Clark, Claycomb, Doroba, Whetstone.
\nK: Gillmen 9, T. Weyant 5, Negley 3.
\nBB: Gillmen 3, T. Weyant 3, Negley 2.
\nWP: Gillmen LP: T. Weyant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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