TYRONE: The Somerset Eagles struggled
in their first non-league contest of the year.
Four Somerset hurlers combined to walk ten batters, yield thirteen hits,
and give up fifteen runs (fourteen runs were earned) over four innings of
work. Meanwhile, Somerset could only
muster three hits off of Tyrone’s starter Tyler Golden.
Somerset
jumped on the board in the top of the first thanks to Tyler
Ferry’s single and stolen base.
Tyrone countered with a run in their half of the first off of Somerset’s
starter Andy
Harvey.
In
the second, Zach
Deist walked to open the inning. He
advanced to second when Josh
Barron reached on catcher’s interference.
After Jimmy
Harshbarger laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance both runners, Deist
scored on a groundout by Alex
Lenhart.
Somerset
opened up a 3-1 lead in the third. Tyler
Uphouse was hit by a pitch and advanced to third on Adam
Angermeier’s double. After Jordan
Kaufman walked, Uphouse scored on a bases loaded walk to Barron. This would be the final run that Somerset
could manage off of Golden.
In
the bottom of the third, Brinton Mingle homered, and Jamie Levinson doubled to
chase Harvey. Landon
Wahl relieved, but he walked three batters before retiring the side. Tyrone led 5-3 after three.
In
the fourth, the Eagles fell apart. Wahl
and reliever Brett
Hemminger combined to walk four, allow seven hits and ten runs. Drew
Shaulis allowed a single before retiring the final two batters he
faced. Somerset committed three errors
in the inning.
The
game was ended by the ten run rule after the Eagles failed to score in the
fifth.
Somerset
(5-1) will travel to Westmont
on Monday at 4:30.