The Tyrone Golden Eagles got the special privilege of playing at People’s Natural Gas Field. (The Altoona Curve, Pirates AA affiliate)
They split their two games, losing to Hollidaysburg in the opening game of the weekend, but took down the Curwensville Golden Tide on Friday.
Thursday: Hollidaysburg 8, Tyrone 1
In Tyrone’s first game of the tournament, the Golden Eagles lost 8-1 against Hollidaysburg’s ace, Carson Kensinger.
The hard-throwing lefty came into the game with a 1.81 ERA on the season. He posted 5 scoreless innings against the Golden Eagles, only allowing 6 hits on the day.
For Tyrone, Owen Oakes scored their only run from first on an RBI single to right field from Wyatt Kustenbauder in the fifth inning.
Landon Postreich pitched for Tyrone, giving up 8 runs on 14 hits. He struck out 3 in 3.2 innings. Logan Seeger relieved Postreich and pitched 2.1 innings, allowing no runs.
Tyrone was shut down for most of the game and only scored 1 run.
TYRONE (1): Coleman cf 400, A. Walk ss 301, Hamer c 301, Oakes dh 312, Postreich p 000, Seeger p 000, Kustenbauder rf 200, B. McClure 3b 200, C. McClure 1b 300, Lehner 2b 300, Light lf 301. Totals: 26-1-5.
HOLLIDAYSBURG (8): Steiner ss 411, Hockey 2b 311, Kensinger p-dh 422, Ulery p 000, Karageanes 1b 422, Hileman cf 423, Banks 3b 403, Gibbons c 402, Michaels rf 200, Szynal lf 301. Totals: 32-8-15.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Tyrone 000 100 1 – 1 5 1
Hollidaysburg 310 301 X – 8 15 2
E – Lehner; Karageanes, Michaels. 2B – Steiner, Hockey, Gibbons. RBI – Hockey, Hileman 4, Banks 2, Gibbons.
PITCHING
TYRONE: Postreich (L), 3.2 IP, 12 H, 7 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO; Seeger 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO.
HOLLIDAYSBURG: Kensinger (W), 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 SO; Ulery 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO.
Records: Tyrone (2-5), Hollidaysburg (4-2).
Friday: Tyrone 4, Curwensville 1
After suffering a loss against Hollidaysburg, Tyrone bounced back with a 4-1 win over the Curwensville Golden Tide in the consolation game.
The Golden Tide had lost the day prior to Altoona, 16-0.
Tyrone went up early, scoring 2 in the first, and 1 in the second. The Golden Tide answered with a 2 RBI double in the second off of Tyrone junior Dylan Ewing.
Ewing tossed 6.1 innings, striking out six, and allowing seven hits.
Tyrone looked great on the basepaths, stealing three bags, one from AJ Coleman, and two from Gayge Miller, who stole second and third.
Ryan Light had two RBIs and Gayge Miller drove in another for Tyrone.
Ewing allowed two base runners in the 7th on two infield hits, and sophomore Brandon McClure came in to collect the save.
CURWENSVILLE (2): Kunkle ss 400, Hoyt c 300, Wills ph 100, Pentz p 402, Sutika rf 210, Tkacik dh 311, McDermott cf 201, Neiswender 1b 301, Nelen lf 201, Butler 2b 201. Totals — 26-2-7.
TYRONE (4): Coleman cf 210, Hamer c 301, Kustenbauder 3b 210, Walk ss 301, Oakes dh 200, Light rf 211, C. McClure 1b 200, Miller 2b-lf 312, Parson lf 200, B. McClure 2b-p 100. Totals — 22-4-5.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Curwensville 020 000 0–2 7 1
Tyrone 210 001 X–4 5 1
2B–Miller. RBI–Neiswender, Nelen, Light 2, Coleman, Miller. WP–Ewing. LP–Pentz. SO–Ewing 6, B. McClure 1, Pentz 2. BB–Ewing 3, Pentz 4.
Records: Curwensville (3-6); Tyrone (3-5).
