JV win big
Picture Caption: Tyrone’s Ross Gampe dives safely back to first base as Clearfield’s Hayvin Bumbarger awaits the throw. The Golden Eagles won 4-3. Photo by TERRY McCAULLEY JR.
by Michael Stoner for Tyrone Daily Herald
The Tyrone Golden Eagles took the field Monday afternoon for a matchup with the Clearfield Bison. Tyrone came out motivated to avenge their 12-4 loss to Bellefonte where the game seemed out of reach from the start. They rode the momentum of their big first inning to defeat the Bison 4-3 collecting their first victory of the season.
Tyrone’s arms came out hot as they dominated the Bison batters for 6 of the 7 innings, surrendering three runs on five hits while combining for 10 strikeouts. Tyrone turned to junior Landon Hamer for his first start of the season and he did not disappoint. Hamer dominated the Clearfield lineup for over four innings striking out five batters while only allowing three hits.
After Hamer’s night on the mound ended Tyrone turned to senior flamethrower Caiden Bonsell who keeps looking better and better every time he takes the mound after returning from Tommy John surgery he had in the winter. Bonsell was untouchable while on the mound including striking out all three batters he faced in the top of the 7th inning slamming the door shut, securing the win for Tyrone.
Tyrone pumped out to an early lead in the bottom of the first inning on the heels of Thursday’s game where their offense struggled to gain any sort of momentum. Ashton Walk got the game started hot when he lined a single up the middle setting up the heart of the Tyrone lineup for success.
After back-to-back walks from AJ Coleman and Ross Gampe, Zac Legars got Tyrone on the board when he lined a double into center field bringing Walk and Coleman in to score. Tyrone would add two more runs the next batter on a line drive into the left-center gap off the bat of Landon Hamer bringing in Legars and Gampe across to extend Tyrone’s lead to 4-0.
The four-run outburst in the first inning was all the runs Tyrone got but that would ultimately be all they needed to secure the victory. Clearfield attempted a comeback as they pushed across three runs in the top of the 6th inning cutting Tyrone’s lead to one.
Clearfield’s hopes of a comeback were quickly snuffed out when Coach Soellner sent his hard-throwing closer Caiden Bonsell to the mound to record the last five outs and secure Tyrone’s first win of the season. All five outs of Bonsell’s were strikeouts.
The Golden Eagles will be back in action Wednesday afternoon when they take on the Juniata Valley for a non-conference matchup with the Hornets looking to win their second straight and push their record above .500.
Tyrone 4, Clearfield 3
Tyrone (4): Walk 2b 311, Coleman cf 210, Gampe 1b ss 212, McClure 3b 300, Legars c ss 312, Hamer p c 301, Postriech 1b 100, Bonsell p 100, Patterson rf 300, Light lf 200, Totals — 23-4-6.
Clearfield (3): Bloom c 311, Domico rf 300, Billotte cf 402, Rumskey p 1b 300, Bumbarger 1b 100, Lopez ss 300, Welker 3b 312, Quick 2b 210, Kushner lf 300. Totals — 25-3-5.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Tyrone 400 000 0 — 4 6 0
Clearfield 000 030 0– 3 5 0
WP–Hamer. LP– Rumskey. SO– Hamer 5, Bonsell 5, Rumskey 8, Mays 1 . BB–Hamer 3, Bonsell 2, Rumskey 3, Mays 1
Tyrone Junior Varsity topped Clearfield 16-2 with Dylan Ewing getting the win and Logan Seeger closing out the game. Runs scored were added by Ewing, Seger, Dylan McKinney and Connor McClure with one each while Gayge Miller, Brayden Parsons, Kendall Lehner, Eli Woomer, Steven Buck, and Brienn Jones added two each.