No Helena Senators player before him had carried an ERA this low this deep into the regular-season.
Ryder Murdock, the Billings Royals' lead-off base runner in the seventh inning of a 5-2 contest, threatened that, but Lyng, as he did regularly throughout a record-breaking campaign, simply responded with strikes.
Bumping into legion baseball's 105-pitch limit, the right-hander induced a roller to back-up third baseman Keaton Troyer (playing due to Tycen Mooney's first-inning ejection), who sparked a 5-4-3 outing-ending double play, clearing the bases and securing Lyng's spot in the record books.
“I was thinking about it after the game,” Troyer said. “It’s awesome. I never thought I’d get to do that, never thought I’d play third base for him…
“Everything about it was amazing. It was a cool moment.”
Will Lyng, photo by Gary Marshall
Will Lyng, photo by Gary Marshall
Will Lyng, photo by Gary Marshall
JR Huschka, photo by Gary Marshall
Connor Devine, photo by Gary Marshall