Sleepy Eye Wins Slugfest
6/26/09
The Sleepy Eye Indians came to town on Friday night to visit the Tigers at Riverside Park. Early on it was clear that the big crowd was not going to see a pitcher's duel, as the teams combined for sixteen runs and twenty-five hits, with Sleepy Eye ending up on top, 9-7.
Jake Miesen made the start on the mound for the home team. He allowed two hits in the top of the first, yielding one run and giving the Indians and 1-0 lead. The Tiger bats went to work in the bottom of the inning, getting base hits from Brady Schwab and Chris Sturm, along with a sacrifice fly from Jordan Milbrath to plate two runs and take a one run lead, 2-1. Neither team scored in the second, something that would only happen in three of the game's frames.
The third inning saw Sleepy Eye get three straight hits to start things, including a two-run triple by Alan Woitas, who had a huge night with five hits. The Indians extended their lead in the top of the fourth taking advantage of a lead-off walk and two hits, including another triple to make the tally 5-2. As usual, Springfield battled back in the bottom of the inning. Andy Moritz drew a out-out walk. Marty Brandl followed with a base hit and Brent Haseleu walked to load the bases. Matt Baier smashed a two-run double and Alex Frank followed with a squeeze bunt scoring Haseleu to tie the game. A Sleepy Eye error allowed Baier to score giving the Tigers a one-run lead, 6-5.
Sleepy Eye didn't stay down long as they put together two hits and took advantage of a Tiger error to tie the game at six in the fifth. The top of the fifth came to an end on a fly out, thrown out at home double-play, the second of the night for Springfield's defense. The sixth saw the Indians take the lead, getting a single followed by a double, plating their seventh run of the evening. Matt Tews came on to pitch in the seventh and kept Sleepy Eye off the board for his first two innings. In the ninth, they picked up some insurance, getting three singles and taking advantage of a Springfield error to score two runs and increase their lead to three, 9-6. Schwab started the bottom of the ninth with a long triple. He scored on a ground out, but that was all the Tigers could muster, falling 9-7.
Jake
Miesen was tagged with the loss, allowing seven runs on twelve hits
over six innings of work. The Springfield offense with led by
Matt Baier with three hits. Brady Schwab added two hits and Chris
Sturm, Andy Moritz, Marty Brandl, and Brent Haseleu contributed one hit
each. The loss drops the Tigers to 6-13 overall and 5-9 in the
Tomahawk East. They'll continue their homestand on Sunday night,
wrapping up Riverside Days weekend with a 7pm matchup against the New
Ulm Brewers.
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | |
| Sleepy Eye | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 13 |
| Springfield | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 8 |
Springfield Box
| AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | ||
| Baier, 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Frank, CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SAC |
| Cook, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Schwab, SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B, HP |
| C. Sturm, LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Milbrath, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | SAC |
| Tews, 1B/P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Moritz, C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2B |
| Brandl, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Miesen, P/1B | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Haseleu, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 34 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | ||
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ||
| Miesen (L, 1-3) | 6 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |
| Tews | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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