At the rate the Tyrone Golden Eagles are playing, they may not have to worry too much this season about fatigue, sore elbows, nagging injuries, or any of the other setbacks most clubs experience during the grind of a 20-game regular season.
\nThat\u2019s because they\u2019re making a habit of clocking out early, yesterday ending their second consecutive game before regulation with a 15-0 white-washing of Williamsburg at the Harry K. Sickler Sports Complex.
\nThe game lasted four innings, which means that of the 14 innings the Eagles could have played in their first two games, they played only nine. It was Tyrone\u2019s second-straight game with double-digit hits and just one error, and the team\u2019s four extra-base hits boosted their two-game total to 10.
\nEighteen players entered the game for Tyrone, nine had hits, and 10 scored runs, which was just one of the positive aspects manager Tom Coleman saw in playing an undermanned Williamsburg squad making its 2005 debut.
\n\u201cIt gets us some more at-bats, and it prepares us for next week,\u201d said Coleman. \u201cIt also gave us a good look at a couple of pitchers and allowed us to get a lot of kids playing time.\u201d
\nSenior Ben Gummo was one of the hurlers that Coleman got a look at, if only for two innings. In that time, he faced only seven batters, striking out three while not allowing a hit. He picked up his first win this season, and gave way to classmate Brandon Maceno in the third.
\nMaceno fanned four batters and worked out of a minor jam in the third when Williamsburg managed to get two runners on base.
\nSenior Derrick Soellner led Tyrone offensively, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and three RBI. Brinton Mingle also drove in three, going 1-for-3 with two runs scored.
\nGummo scored three times, Shane Christine drove home a pair, and Buddy Stottler registered his third double in two days.
\n\u201cOne of our strengths is that we continue to put the ball into play and force the other team to make some plays to beat us,\u201d said Coleman. \u201cFrom top to bottom, we\u2019re seeing the ball and hitting it hard.\u201d
\nTyrone scored four runs in each of the first three innings. In the first, only two of Tyrone\u2019s runs were earned as Williamsburg starter Brandon Chamberlain struggled to fund the plate. Soellner doubled home Clint Wilson and two runners scored on a passed ball and a wild pitch.
\nJosh Clark led of the second with a triple and scored on a throwing error, and Mingle picked up two RBI with a single to left-center. He later scored on a passed ball, making it 8-0.
\nChamberlain stayed in for the third despite his control problems and the Eagles made him pay. Soellner drove in two with a double just inside the third base line, and the Eagles led 12-0 by the end of the frame.
\nIn the fourth, Christine singled with runners on second and third to plate two, and he was driven home one batter later on Stottler\u2019s double deep into the right-center gap.
\nGAME NOTES: Ben Lynn, Jamie Levinson and Christine each recorded their first varsity hits \u2026 Tyrone has outscored its first two opponents 26-1 \u2026 the game was originally scheduled for Williamsburg but then moved to Tyrone due to the Pirates\u2019 poor field conditions. Tyrone played as the visiting team.
\nTyrone 15 Williamsburg 0, 4 innings
\nTYRONE \u2013 Mertiff, ss, 2-1-1; Levinson, ss, 1-1-0; Gummo, p, 2-3-1; Morrissey, 2b, 1-0-0; Mingle, rf, 3-2-1; Christine, rf, 1-1-1; Wilson, 1b, 1-1-1; Stottler, 1b, 1-1-1; Soellner, c, 3-0-2; Graham, c, 1-0-0; Lynn, cr-cf, 1-2-1; Gillmen, 3b, 0-1-0; Hertzler, 3b, 0-0-0; Maceno, 2b-p, 3-0-0; Myers, lf, 2-0-0; Golden, lf, 1-0-0; Rodgers, lf, 0-0-0; Clark, cf, 2-2-1. TOTALS: 25-15-10
\nWILLIAMSBURG \u2013 Robley, lf, 1-0-1; Shaffer, 3b, 1-0-0; Eastep, ss, 2-0-0; Pearson, 1b, 2-0-1; Hoover, cf, 2-0-1; Chamberlain, p, 0-0-0; Stevens, 2b, 1-0-0; Shock, c, 0-0-0; Price, dh, 2-0-0; Fay, rf-p, 2-0-0; Martin, 2b, 1-0-0. TOTALS: 14-0-3.
\nTYRONE 444 3XX X \u2013 15-10-1
\nWILLIAMSBURG 000 0XX X \u2013 0-3-6
\n2B: Soellner 2, Stottler
\n3B: Clark
\nRBI: Mingle 3, Soellner 3, Christine 2, Stottler 1, Maceno 1
\nBB: Gummo 2, Chamberlain 7
\nK: Gummo 3, Maceno 4
\nWP: Gummo LP: Chamberlain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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