If it’s local eatery Shellie’s, it’s probably a breakfast burrito for the Helena Capital graduate and Beloit College commit, and to really live, the lanky righty considered ordering all three meats (ham, bacon, sausage) inside his entrée.
Those ingredients work in a harmony similar to Lyng’s fastball, slider, and two-seamer, offerings Lyng wrapped together to no-hit the Laurel Dodgers in a 9-1 five-inning Keith Sell Tournament Championship Game victory Sunday.
Helena captured its fourth consecutive tournament victory and ninth total in the 29-year history of an event meant to honor the program’s former coach, general manager, and do-everything man.
“That was a fun one,” Lyng said, noting the baseball in his left hand would join a couple others in his Senators locker as a keepsake.
Lyng retired the final 13 batters he faced Sunday, shaking off a first-inning walk and run-scoring E7 to toss his second five-inning no-no of the season (May 25), but first at Kindrick Legion Field.
The Helena Senators defeated the Laurel Dodgers 9-1 to capture their fourth-straight Keith Sell Tournament Championship. -Gary Marshall, BMGphotos.com
