Springfield Defeated By Winsted

6/7/08

The Tigers traveled to St. Stephen for the opening round of the Omann Insurance Invitational Tournament on Saturday. Winsted jumped out ahead in the top of the first on a long homerun that foreshadowed the Tigers luck during the entire tournament.

Matt Tews took the hill for Springfield. After getting two quick outs in the first, an error got things going for the Wildcats. The next batter singled before Marc Kohler launched a long homer over the left field fence to give Winsted a 3-0 lead. In the bottom of the second, Tews helped himself with a one-out base hit. He advanced to second on a groundout by Bob Fink. Chris Sturm drove in the Tigers lone run with a single, making the score 3-1.

The Wildcats got the run right back in the top of the third with another two-out rally. They got a double followed by a single to push their lead back to three.

Springfield got singles in the third by Brandon Wilhelmi, in the fifth inning by Chris Sturm, and in the sixth by Brady Schwab, but couldn't string any hits together to cut into the Wildcat lead. Winsted got two hits in the top of the sixth to score the last run of the game, yielding the final, 5-1.

Tews continues to look for his first win of the season. The loss drops his record to 0-3. With the loss, Springfield dropped into the losers' bracket and would face St. Martin in St. Stephen after the winners' bracket game between St. Stephen and Winsted.

Linescore

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E LOB
Winsted 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 8 0 5
Springfield 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 3

Springfield Box

AB R H RBI BB SO
Wilhelmi, CF 3 0 1 0 0 1
Baier, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1
Schwab, SS 3 0 1 0 0 0
R. Sturm, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0
Tews, P 3 1 1 0 0 0
Fink, DH 3 0 0 0 0 1
Krebs, RF - - - - - -
C. Sturm, LF 3 0 2 1 0 0
Berg, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 SAC
A. Moritz, C 2 0 0 0 0 2
24 1 5 1 0 6
IP H R ER BB SO
Tews (L, 0-3) 7    8 5 2 0 2

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