A.I. duPont Routs Glasgow, 10-0

A.I. duPont pitcher Ty Warrington throws a pitch in Wednesday afternoon's game. Warrington threw a complete game two-hitter and had an RBI double in A.I.'s victory over Glasgow. (Photo by Rob Tornoe)

The A.I. duPont Tigers (1-1) dominated the visiting Glasgow Dragons (0-2) in Flight A baseball action on Wednesday by a score of 10-0 in six innings. Tigers pitcher Ty Warrington gave up only two hits while striking out five en route to pitching a complete-game shutout.

“Glasgow looked prepared, they definitely came ready to play,” said Tigers coach Darren Brodie.

That preparation was evident as the Dragons played tenacious defense and stayed close, trailing the Tigers 3-0 after four innings. Unfortunately for Glasgow, time and fatigue would prove to be as much of an adversary as were the Tigers. “I think that our starting pitcher got a little tired as the game wore on,” said Glasgow first-year coach Antwain Haman.

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Glasgow starting pitcher Andrew Reynolds managed to keep his composure after duPont’s early assault, but he was unable to withstand the Tigers’ 5th-inning offensive explosion. A.I.’s Greg Beran and Ty Warrington led off the inning with back-to-back stand-up doubles, while Tyler Hawthorne followed two batters later with a double of his own.

The capstone to the inning was provided by duPont senior Frank Devonshire (who had earlier hammered a 340-foot shot over the left-field fence in the 3rd inning), who drove in the Tigers’ third run of the inning with the inning’s fourth double. “Frank is a senior, and has put in a lot of time to make himself as good as he is,” said Brodie. Devonshire finished the game 2 for 3 with 2 RBI.

Entering the 6th inning trailing 6-0, the Dragons were unable to hit a ball out of the infield. The game’s coup de grace was provided when the Tigers took their turn at bat in the bottom of the 6th, as Glasgow made a pitching change after Reynolds loaded the bases by giving up a single, a double, and a walk to the first three Tiger batters.

The pitching change was not fortuitous, however, as Glasgow’s William Merkins proceeded to hit the first two batters that he faced, forcing in two runs. The next two batters, who would be the game’s last, were both walked, forcing in two further runs to bring the game to an early “mercy” conclusion in the 6th inning.

“This was [Reynolds’] first outing this season,” said Haman, adding “we have a young team that is only going to get better as the season progresses.”