With former Tyrone resident Mike Weyandt on the mound for McMullen Furniture, Tyrone Legion trailed the Juniata-based club 8-2 going into their final at bat. Rusty from a week without a ball game, Tyrone Legion began to catch up to Weyandt in the seventh, but fell short in an 8-5 loss to McMullen.
\nTyrone catcher Andy Garofoli opened the rally with a single to center. With one out, third baseman Tyler Rickards worked a walk with Garofoli advancing to second and third on wild pitches. Left fielder Jason Wilson\u2019s single to left scored Garofoli with the first run of the frame. Centerfielder Barry Gummo beat out an infield hit and Rickards scored on an error on the play by McMullen first baseman Zach Haulman. Nick Friling, Tyrone Legion first baseman, singled to center to drive in Wilson to cut the deficit to 8-5 with runners on second and third and the potential tying run at the plate.
\nAt that point however, Weyandt, who appeared to be tiring, took control of the situation getting Jeremy Myers and Ben Gummo on strikeouts to snuff out the rally and pick up the complete-game victory.
\nFor much of the ballgame, Weyandt was in solid control, keeping Tyrone Legion off stride after their long layoff. Weyandt struck out 10 and walked five. Through the first six innings, Weyandt had allowed two runs on four hits, and three of the base hits were by Ben Gummo.
\nMcMullen scored in bunches, totaling four runs in the second after Tyrone Legion has jumped out to a 1-0 lead, and four more in the sixth to set the stage for Tyrone Legion\u2019s three-run seventh inning.
\nChris Buchanon and Tom Forr each drove in two runs in the second for McMullen Furniture.
\nThen in the sixth, Mike Thrower delivered a two-run single, Weyandt singled in Thrower and Forr, who beat out an infield hit, scored on an error.
\nTyrone Legion went ahead with a solo tally in the top of the second in the ballgame played at Juniata. Ben Gummo singled to open the inning, stole second, went to third on a foul popup by Garofoli and scored on the front end of a double steal.
\nIn the fourth, Gummo singled, stole second and third and scored on an error.
\n\u201cWe have to hit better than we did tonight,\u201d said Tyrone Legion coach John Harlow. \u201cMcMullen Furniture hit the ball. We need to hit with them and tonight we couldn\u2019t match up. Anytime we play McMullen Furniture it\u2019s always a tough game and with few exceptions a close contest.\u201d
\nBrandon Maceno took the loss for Tyrone, pitching the entire game, giving up eight runs on a dozen hits with two strikeouts and four walks.
\nForr and Haulman each had three hits to lead the McMullen attack. Thrower, Haulman and Buchanon had doubles and Thrower, Forr and Buchanon each drove in a pair of runs.
\nFor Tyrone Legion, Ben Gummo had three singles, scored two runs and stole five bases.
\n\u201cBrandon Maceno pitched a whale of a game tonight,\u201d said coach Harlow. \u201cHe deserved a better fate. I was happy the way the kids battled back in the seventh inning. They could have mailed it in, but we started to come alive with half of our hits for the entire game in the seventh. The week layoff hurt, but we have a tough schedule this week. Hopefully this game will get us back on track.\u201d
\nTyrone Legion plays Altoona First tonight at Tyrone at 6 p.m. On Thursday Tyrone Legion plays undefeated Park Furniture at Tyrone at 6 p.m. before moving to Vets Field in Altoona to play ReMax. The suspended game with the score tied 4-4 in the eighth inning will be completed first, then the regular seven-inning game between Tyrone Legion and ReMax will be played.
\nOn Saturday, Tyrone Legion will play two games. The first against Dick\u2019s Pharmacy will be played at Geesey Park at 2 p.m. The second game will be against Sheetz at Vets Field at 5 p.m. Then on Sunday, Tyrone will play Park Furniture again at Vets in a 2 p.m. contest.
\nMcMullen\u2019s Furniture 8 Tyrone Legion 5
\nTYRONE LEGION – Ba. Gummo, cf, 4-0-1; Friling, 1b, 4-0-1; Mertiff, ss, 2-0-0; Myers, cr-rf, 1-0-0; Be. Gummo, 4-2-3; Maceno, p, 1-0-0; Garofoli, c, 3-1-1; Cushion, 2b, 3-0-0; Rickards, rf-3b, 1-1-1; Wilson, lf, 3-1-1. TOTALS 26-5-8.
\nMCMULLEN FURNITURE – Forr, cf, 4-1-3; Price, lf, 4-0-1; Thrower, ss, 3-1-2; Weyandt, p, 3-0-1; Varsho, cr, 0-1-0; Haulman, 1b, 4-1-3; Buchanon, rf, 3-1-1; Miller, 2b, 2-1-0; Ma. Sprouse, 3b, 2-1-0; Cole, c, 3-1-1. TOTALS 28-8-12.
\nTyrone Legion 010 100 3 5-8-3.
\nMcMullen Furniture 040 004 X 8-12-3.
\n2B: Haulman 1, Buchanon 1, Thrower 1.
\nRBI: Wilson 1, Friling 1.
\nSO: Maceno 2, Weyandt 10.
\nBB: Maceno 4, Weyandt 5.
\nWP: Weyandt LP: Maceno.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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