Behind strong pitching, Senators extend winning streak to 12 games
HELENA — Three of the four pitchers who lead the Helena Senators in innings pitched through 21 games did not play at the varsity level last season. Still, of those three – Will Lyng, Aaron Fuzesy and Dylan Willcut – none have an ERA higher than 1.67.
In Saturday’s non-conference doubleheader against Missoula, it was Lyng’s and Hunter Bratcher’s job to continue carrying the torch for what has been a highly successful Senators pitching staff.
Both did just that, combining to toss 10 innings of one-run baseball as Helena swept the Mavericks with victories of 8-1 and 10-3.
“I thought we did all four aspects pretty well in both ends of the doubleheader,” Senators head coach Jon Burnett said. “When we do those four things – pitching, defense, hitting, running the bases – we usually have pretty good results. I thought we capitalized running the bases, I thought we took good at-bats. We may not have been explosive offensively, but good at-bats just kinda kept wearing on the other team.”
Now 17-4 on the season, the Senators will host Missoula once again on Wednesday. First pitch from Kindrick Legion Field is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Helena Senators' infielder Tycen Mooney celebrates with teammate Carter Perlinski during game one of Helena's doubleheader sweep of the Missoula Mavericks. Gary Marshall, BMGphotos.com
