Mustangs tame the Tigers

Fleetwood erupted for ten runs against Gov. Mifflin one month ago. Bryce Detwiler made sure that didn’t happen again. The UConn commit limited the fifth-seeded Tigers to two runs over six innings in the BCIAA semifinals. The top-seeded Mustangs won 5-3 on a rainy Saturday night at Owls Field in West Lawn. “Despite the weather conditions, he was able to command his slider, curve, and changeup for most of the game. Overall, just a great performance under pressure from one of our captains,” said head coach Chris Hole. Detwiler allowed three hits and struck out five to go along with a pair of walks. “Bryce did a great job navigating a talented Fleetwood lineup. In past games, they were very aggressive fastball hitters so our approach was to implement more off-speed pitches,” explained Hole. Gov. Mifflin rallied to beat Fleetwood 11-10 on April 10th. The (13-8) Tigers got on the board in the opening frame against Detwiler. Kutztown commit Aiden Soumas knocked in a run with a single to right field. Fleetwood had two hits in the 1st, but only two more the rest of the night. Ethan Grim tied it up in the bottom half of the inning with a sacrifice fly to right. Grim made it 4-1 in the 2nd with a two-out, two-run single up the middle. That came after sophomore Wylie Loy hit Travis Jenkins with the bases loaded. Loy settled down nicely and lasted into the 6th before reaching 100 pitches. Sam Reimert replaced Loy with two outs and two men on base. Dante Casantini crossed the plate on a wild pitch to give the (17-3) Mustangs a 5-1 advantage. Detwiler opened the top of the 7th by hitting Reimert. Hole turned to sophomore R.J. Weaver after Detwiler had fired 100 pitches. Carson Brey doubled to left to put runners on second and third. Cane Cromer’s grounder to second got the Tigers within 5-2. An error at first base by Casantini made it 5-3. Hole brought in hard-throwing junior Ethan Grim for the save. Grim promptly struck out leadoff hitter Liam Hilburt and Nick Noll to end it. Loy took the loss, but only one of the five runs that he gave up was earned. He finished with six strikeouts and five walks over 5.2 innings. Gov. Mifflin managed just four hits. Detwiler was walked three times. Nate Seidel had two singles for Fleetwood. The Mustangs advanced to the Berks County championship on Monday at 6:05pm. They’ll take on third-seeded Wilson at FirstEnergy Stadium. Gov. Mifflin has won two of the last three county titles and fifteen overall.