UPPER SAUCON — In a day and age where blazing velocity and high strikeout numbers are all the rage for baseball pitchers, Tyler Tindall opted for a bit more of an old-school approach.

Efficiency over power. Crafty finesse instead of outright speed. Getting ahead of hitters and baiting them into quick and easy outs – while this may no longer be the brand of baseball that excites the masses, it still has a satisfying way of getting the job done.

The Pope John Paul II sophomore righthander delivered one of the most economical performances you’re likely to see at the high school level and did so on one of its biggest stages on Thursday, needing just 80 pitches to carve through Mid Valley’s lineup in a 5-0 win over the District 2 champions in the PIAA-4A quarterfinals at DeSales University. T

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