WINGATE — The Tyrone Area Golden Eagles have confirmed that there’s a couple of technique to pores and skin the proverbial cat.
After opening the District 6 Class 3A baseball playoffs with a slim 2-1, eight-inning victory over Huntingdon this previous Monday within the quarterfinals, Tyrone unleashed an explosive 15-hit assault Friday afternoon to defeat Bald Eagle Area, 12-4 in a semifinal-round matchup at BEA’s Doc Etters Memorial Field.
Friday’s victory earned sixth-seeded Tyrone (12-9) a berth in subsequent Thursday’s 6 p.m. District 6 Class 3A championship recreation towards fourth-seeded Philipsburg-Osceola at Vets Field. Tyrone additionally assured itself a spot within the upcoming state playoffs, which start June 1, no matter what the Golden Eagles do within the district championship recreation.
Senior catcher Brayden Parsons led Tyrone’s offensive outpouring Friday with 4 hits, two RBIs, and a run scored. Second baseman Conner Zupon added three hits, knocked in a run, and scored twice, whereas Wyatt Kustenbauder drove in three runs with a two-run homer and a sacrifice fly for Tyrone, which had six completely different gamers hit doubles and eight gamers in its batting order acquire not less than one hit.
“It’s obviously very nice,” veteran Tyrone coach Kevin Soellner stated of his staff’s offensive show. “We’ve had games this year where we’ve had slow starts, but we came right out of the box hitting today. It was a pleasure to watch.”
Tyrone jumped out to a 7-0 lead with three runs within the high of the primary inning and two runs apiece within the second and third innings.
Parsons began the sport with a single to proper subject, moved to 3rd on Jon Stroup’s double, and scored on Kustenbauder’s sacrifice fly. Zupon adopted with a double down the left subject line to attain Stroup. Zupon moved to 3rd on Conner McClure’s fly out, and scored the third and remaining Tyrone run within the first inning on a wild pitch.
In the second inning, Colton Frye was hit by a pitch, and stole second base. After Brandon McClure walked, Parsons doubled to proper subject to knock house Frye and ship McClure to 3rd base, from the place he ultimately scored on a BEA error.
Tyrone’s two-run third inning began with singles by Braylon Plummer and Frye, and each gamers scored — Plummer on an RBI single by Parsons and Frye on a throwing error.
“We came out and crushed the ball right out of the gate today,” Parsons stated. “Everybody was hitting the fast ball and adjusting to the curve ball.”
Tyrone additionally bought respectable pitching from beginning right-hander Carter Price, who labored 4ª innings for the win, permitting six hits and only one earned run, and Brandon McClure, who got here on in reduction to work the ultimate 2• innings, holding BEA scoreless on only one hit.
“We had some good pitching today,” Soellner stated. “Those two kids pounded the strike zone and had good control.”
Conner McClure hit a run-scoring double within the fourth inning, when Tyrone plated two extra runs, and the Golden Eagles tacked on three extra runs within the high of the fifth inning on Stroup’s RBI groundout and Kustenbauder’s two-run homer to construct a 12-1 lead and place themselves for a mercy-rule victory earlier than second-seeded BEA stayed alive with three runs of its personal within the backside of the fifth inning.
“I’m proud of what these kids accomplished this year,” BEA coach Ryan McNamara stated of his staff, which wrapped up a 15-6 season this spring only a 12 months after BEA had gained solely 4 of 19 video games a 12 months in the past. “To go from 4-15 last year to a second seed in the district tournament this year is a testament to the hard work that these kids put in all season.”
Tyrone is making its first look within the district championship recreation since 2023, and Soellner and the Golden Eagles are glad to be again in it.
“Philipsburg-Osceola is a good team,” Soellner stated. “They hit well, pitch well, and field well. They’re a fundamentally sound team, so we’re going to have to come out against them and play a good game to give ourselves a chance to win.”
TYRONE (12): Parsons c 514, Bokulich cr 000, Stroup ss 521, Kustenbauder cf 211, Zupon 2b 523, Harper cr 000, C. McClure 1b 511, Oakes rf 300, Plummer lf 312, Price p 000, Frye dh 322, B. McClure 3b-p 221. Totals – 33-12-15.
BALD EAGLE AREA (4): White cf-rf 400, Hosband ss 311, Irion 1b 310, Runkle p-cf 412, Ripka 3b-p 311, Nagle rf 000, Bucha dh-3b 402, Clark lf 201, Stimer c 200, Johnson 2b 300. Totals – 28-4-7.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Tyrone 322 230 0 — 12 15 2
Bald Eagle Area 001 030 0 — 4 7 2
E–Stroup, B. McClure, Hosband, Stimer. 2B–Stroup, Zupon, Parsons, C. McClure, Plummer, B. McClure. HR–Kustenbauder. RBI–Kustenbauder 3, Parsons 2, Stroup, Zupon, C. McClure, Plummer, Bucha 2, Runkle, Stimer. SB–Frye 2, Hosband. CS–Frye (Stimer to Bucha); Runkle (Parsons to Zupon). SAC–B. McClure. SF–Kustenbauder, Plummer. HBP–Frye (by Runkle); Kustenbauder (by Runkle); Kustenbauder (by Ripka); Stimer (by Price); Stimer (by B. McClure); DP–Tyrone turned one. LOB–Tyrone 8, Bald Eagle Area 7.
PITCHING
Tyrone: Price (W) 4 2/3IP; 6H, 4R, 1ER, 4BB, 3SO, 95 pitches; B. McClure 2 1/3IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 1SO, 39 pitches.
Bald Eagle Area: Runkle (L) 2IP, 4H, 5R, 5ER, 2BB, 2SO, 74 pitches; Ripka 5IP, 11H, 7R, 6ER, 0BB, 1SO, 61 pitches.
Records: Tyrone (12-9); Bald Eagle Area (15-6).
Umpires: Cody Cogan (plate); Brian Becker (1b); Norm Gordon (2b); Jeff Holter (3b).