Tyrone led in all the stats in Monday afternoon\u2019s baseball game, except one. West Branch took advantage of nine Eagle errors to score a 6-4 win in MAC action.
\nThe one category that Tyrone coach Tom Coleman didn\u2019t appreciate having the lead was the nine miscues. \u201cWe were throwing the ball around and making mental mistakes,\u201d said Coleman. \u201cI was pleased with the way we hit and Barry Gummo pitched well enough to win, but our defense let us down.\u201d
\nPlaying at home at the Harry Sickler Athletic Complex, Tyrone took a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Barry Gummo led by blasting a double and cousin Ben Gummo singled him to third. Brice Mertiff scored Barry with a sacrifice fly and Clint Wilson plated Ben with an RBI single.
\nIn the third inning, Mertiff tripled and scored on a single off the bat of Brinton Mingle and Mingle trotted home on a double by Wilson. One telling fact was that the Eagles outhit West Branch 11-4 and put together four straight hits in the third inning, but wouldn\u2019t be able to get back-to-back base hits through the rest of the game.
\nWest Branch came back in the visitors half of the second inning to momentarily knot the score at 2-2. Three straight fielding errors by Tyrone enabled the Warriors to load the bases. Jim Moslak stroked a two-run single to tie the score.
\nIn the West Branch fifth, Teddy Little singled with one out and a stolen base and fielder\u2019s choice moved him over to third base. Little scored on a Clint Wilson throwing error to cut Tyrone\u2019s advantage to 4-3.
\nThe Warriors got some more help in the sixth inning when Tyrone mistakes put the first two runners on base. Marco Amato scored on a fielder\u2019s choice and Grady Luzier scored on a Nick Cushion error that gave West Branch the lead for good.
\nFinally, in the seventh inning, Colt Viehdorfer doubled, stole third base and scored on a wild pitch to complete the scoring.
\nTyrone stranded 10 runners giving the Eagles chances, even with the errors, but was unable to come up with the key hit when needed. \u201cWe need to learn how to manufacture runs when we have people in scoring position,\u201d said Coleman.
\nBarry Gummo, Clint Wilson and Derrick Soellner each had two hits for the Orange and Black to lead the offense.
\nBarry Gummo pitched all seven innings against West Branch, after splitting mound duty with Mertiff, against Southern Huntingdon on Friday. Gummo struck out two and walked three in absorbing the loss, scattering four hits, with all six runs unearned against him.
\n\u201cBarry pitched well enough to win battling through when he didn\u2019t have his best stuff,\u201d explained Coleman. \u201cBut he got no help from his defense. Errors cost us the ballgame.\u201d
\nTyrone (3-1) which dropped their first game of the season, hosts Bellwood-Antis (4-2) which outslugged West Branch 13-9 on Saturday afternoon, in a 4 p.m. ballgame on Wednesday. West Branch improves to 4-1.
\nWest Branch 6 Tyrone 4
\nWEST BRANCH – Little, lf, 4-1-1; Ward, 3b, 4-0-0; C. Viehdorfer, ss, 3-1-1; D. Viehdorfer, c, , 3-0-0, McGuire, cr, 0-0-0; Peters, cf, 0-0-0; Piotroski, dh, 3-1-1; Amato, p, 4-2-0; Luzier, 2b, 4-1-0; Moslak, rf, 4-0-1; Lawrence, 1b, 3-0-0. TOTALS 31-6-4.
\nTYRONE – Ba. Gummo, p, 3-1-2, Be. Gummo, 2b, 4-1-1, Mertiff, ss, 3-1-1; Mingle, rf 4-1-1; C. Wilson, 1b, 3-0-2; Myers, pr, 0-0-0; Maceno, lf, 4-0-1; Soellner, c, 4-0-2; J. Wilson, cf, 0-0-0; Rickards, dh, 3-0-1, Cushion, 3b, 1-0-0. TOTALS 29-4-11.
\nWest Branch 020 012 1 6-4-0.
\nTyrone 202 000 0 4-11-9.
\n2B: WB- C. Viehdorfer 1, T- Ba. Gummo 2, C. Wilson 1.
\n3B: T- Mertiff 1.
\nRBI: T- C. Wilson 2, Mingle 1, Mertiff 1.
\nSO: WB- Amato 3, T- Ba. Gummo 2.
\nBB: WB- Amato 4, T- Ba. Gummo 3.
\nWP: Amato LP: Ba. Gummo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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