The Golden Eagles traveled up the mountain to take on the 9-2 Philipsburg-Osceola Mounties, the second ranked team in all of class AAA. Tyrone came out in top in the 15-12 slugfest, which was a rematch of last years district championship game, won by P-O.
Tyrone won by coming through with a huge 6th inning, scoring seven.
Tyrone had a great day on offense, collecting 21 hits and reaching base 25 out of 45 plate appearances.
PO junior Lucas Peterson started on the bump, but Tyrone knocked him around, scoring 8 runs on hit in 4 innings pitched.
“We were seeing the ball really well, we had some good luck going our way when we really needed it,” junior Ashton Walk said.
Tyrone’s pitching and defense performed well, despite giving up 12 runs.
Senior AJ Coleman started the game for Tyrone, but struggled, throwing just 1 out in the first, while giving up 6 runs while facing 7 batters.
Fortunately, sophomore Brandon McClure came in relief and picked him up, finishing the game, going 6.2 innings.
Tyrone’s pitching staff has been working to minimize walks, and against PO they only walked 4.
Tyrone’s defense did well, making big plays, including the last play, where right fielder Owen Oakes threw out a PO runner at third, ending the game.
Tyrone’s record now evens to 6-6, and stops the Mounties win streak.
BOX SCORE
TYRONE (15): Kustenbauder lf 423, Coleman p-cf 523, Walk ss 513, Hamer c 413, Light lf 522, Oakes rf 513, C. McClure 1b 401, Jones ph 110, B. McClure 3b-p 301, Miller 2b 532, Lehner cr 020. Totals — 41-15-21.
PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA (12): McDonald 2b 513, Baughman 3b-p 311, Lamb ss 501, Peterson p-rf 311, Hahn cf 423, Knepp 1b 310, White dh 422, Yoder lf 312, Ivicic rf 200, Minarchick 3b 121, Wagner cr 010. Totals — 33-12-14.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Tyrone 332 007 0–15 21 0
Philipsburg-Osceola 630 010 2–12 14 2
2B–Coleman, Hamer, Walk, Kustenbauder, White, Minarchick, McDonald. 3B–Hahn. RBI–Kustenbauder 3, Coleman 3, Walk 3, Oakes 2, Hamer, Light, Miller, McDonald 3, Baughman 2, Knepp 2, White 2, Peterson, Hahn, Yoder. WP–B. McClure. LP–Baughman. SO–B. McClure 2, Baughman 3, Peterson 2. BB–Peterson 4, Coleman 2, B. McClure 3.
Records: Tyrone (6-6); Philipsburg-Osceola (9-3).
