Tigers Come Out on Top Against Bluejays
6/18/08
Springfield picked up their third straight win in front of a big Youth Night crowd at Riverside Park against the Essig Bluejays. Both teams scored all of their runs with two outs in a nice ball game.
Jake Miesen made the start for Springfield. He did a great job allowing just a walk during the first three innings.
The Tiger bats went right to work against Essig starter Terry Helget. In the bottom of the first, Brady Schwab got a two-out single. Bob Fink drew a walk and Adam Beers came through with a double to deep left field driving in Schwab and Fink to give Springfield an early 2-0 lead.
In the Tiger second, Marty Brandl sent the ball right back up the middle for a base hit. Andy Moritz reached when he was hit by a pitch. Brandon Wilhelmi reached on a fielder's choice. With two down, Matt Baier was the clutch hitter, driving in two runs with a two-bagger, moving the Springfield lead to four. The Tigers got the bases loaded in the third and two runners on in the fourth, but were unable to extend their lead, as Helget worked his way out of the jams.
Essig made things interesting in the top of the fourth. Miesen only gave up one hit in the inning, but allowed runs to score on a wild pitch, a passed ball on strike three, and on a double-steal. The Bluejays also took advantage of three walks in the inning, getting within one at 4-3.
Both starters were solid in the fifth through seventh innings, as each faced just one batter over the minimum and retired the side in order during the sixth and seventh.
The Bluejays were able to take advantage of another walk, along with an infield single in the top half of the eighth to tie the game at four. In the bottom of the inning, Brandl drove a one-out single to right, but was thrown out attempting to advance to second. With two down, Moritz followed with a base hit. Wilhelmi reached on an error and Baier was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Schwab drew a bases loaded walk to push across the Tigers' fifth run.
Miesen walked the leadoff hitter in the ninth, but settled down the strike out two in the inning and earn a complete game victory, his third win of the season. At the plate the Tigers were led by Matt Baier, Adam Beers, and Marty Brandl who had two hits each.
Springfield will continue their homestand on Friday night when Hanska will come to town for an 8pm battle. With the win, the Tigers even their overall season record at 8-8 and improve their record in the Tomahawk East to 7-5. Thanks to everyone that helped to make Youth Night a success by working and participating! We'll see you on Friday night for some more great Tiger baseball!
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | |
| Essig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Springfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 5 | 10 | 3 | 11 |
Springfield Box
| AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |||
| Wilhelmi, SS | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Baier, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2B, HP | |
| Schwab, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fink, RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Beers, LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2B | |
| C. Sturm, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Z. Sturm, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | SAC | |
| Brandl, DH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Miesen, P | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| A. Moritz, C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | HP | |
| C. Moritz, CR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |||
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |||
| Miesen (W, 3-2) | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||
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