Tiger Bats Come Alive to Down Bluejays
5/17/09
Springfield continued Tomahawk East League play on Sunday, traveling to Essig to take on the Bluejays. The offense was present and accounted for as the Tigers jumped out to an early lead and never looked back enroute to a 10-2 victory.
Matt Baier led off the game with a base hit. After two were retired, Ryan Sturm and Matt Tews were both hit by pitches to load the bases. Dave Groebner legged out a single that scored two runs. Marty Brandl followed with a hit driving in a run and increasing the Springfield tally to three.
The Tigers put another run on the board in the top of the second when Ken Sather singled, stole second, and advanced to third on a passed ball. Brady Schwab drove in Springfield's fourth run of the day with a sacrifice fly. Matt Tews made his first start on the mound in the '09 season. He worked through two walks to start things in the bottom of the first, aided by a double play. He scattered three hits during five innings of work.
Sather started things again in the top of the fifth with a bunt single. Schwab moved him up with a sacrifice bunt. Sturm followed with a single and Sather scored from third when Tews reached on a Bluejay error. Jake Miesen came on for the visitors in the bottom of the sixth. The Bluejays took advantage of a walk, hit batter and double by Dusty Fleck to make the score 5-2.
Surrendering the runs in the bottom of the seventh awoke the Tiger offense as they batted around scoring five runs and pushing their lead to eight in the eighth. Jake Miesen finished things on the mound, retiring eight of the last ten batters he faced.
Matt Baier paced the Springfield offense with three hits. Ken Sather added two singles as all but one of the starters contributed a hit to the Tiger attack. Matt Tews picked up the win tossing five scoreless innings. Jake Miesen earned his second save of the season, going the final four frames. With the win, Springfield improves their league record to 2-0 and 2-2 overall. The Tigers will have a busy Memorial Day weekend with three games, starting on Friday night in Sleepy Eye at 8pm. We'll see you there!
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | |
| Springfield | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 10 |
| Essig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
Springfield Box
| AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | ||
| Baier, 3B/C | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sather, CF | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Schwab, SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | SAC(3) |
| R. Sturm, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HP |
| Tews, P/3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | HP |
| Groebner, RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Brandl, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Miesen, C/P | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Krebs, LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | HP |
| Haseleu, 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 36 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 14 | ||
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ||
| Tews (W, 1-0) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Miesen (SV, 2) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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