Tigers Run Out of Gas in the 12th
5/24/09
The weather was definitely nice enough to play two and the Longhorns and Tigers were 1/3 of the way to a second game before Stark took a two run lead that Springfield was unable to overcome. The Tigers battled, coming back from being down 6-1 and 9-7 during the game. Ultimately, the Longhorns came away with a two-run twelve inning win.
Brandon Wilhelmi made his second start of the season on the mound for the home team. The Longhorns were able to bunch hits together to take a 2-0 lead in the top of the third. Springfield cut the lead in half in the bottom of the fourth, taking advantage of three Stark errors.
The Longhorns batted around in the top of the fifth, scoring four runs on three hits and taking advantage of two walks and a hit batter. In the bottom of the inning, Matt Baier led off with a base hit. He moved around to third on two wild pitches before Brady Schwab drove him in to make the score 6-2. Stark maintained their four run lead until the bottom of the seventh. Jake Miesen started things with a walk. Brent Haseleu reached base after being hit by a pitch. Baier loaded the bases when he recorded on an infield single. Bryant Krebs reached on an error that scored two runs. Schwab followed with a double pushing across the Tigers' fifth run. Jesse Berg drew a walk to load the bases, before Marty Brandl singled to tie the game. Schwab came in to score on a wild pitch, but pinch runner, Al Wilhelmi, was thrown out at the plate as the Longhorns threw the ball around. After 7 innings, Springfield had a 7-6 lead.
Berg came on in relief in the eighth and allowed three unearned runs putting Stark back on top 9-7. Berg settled in to retire the side in order in the ninth and the Tigers needed two runs in the bottom of the inning to continue playing. Schwab worked a one-out walk and Brandon Wilhelmi was hit by a pitch. They moved up to second and third via a wild pitch. Schwab scored on a ground out by Berg and Chris Sturm smashed a long double to score Wilhelmi and tie the game at nine.
Berg held the Longhorns in check in the tenth and eleventh innings. Springfield was able to get a runner in scoring position in the bottom of both innings, but were unable to push across the winning run. Finally in the twelfth, the Longhorns put together three hits along with a walk to score two runs, taking a 11-9 lead. The Tigers weren't able to battle back from the deficit and the Longhorns were victorious.
Jesse Berg was tagged with the loss, pitching the final five innings. Matt Baier led the Tiger bats with three hits. Brady Schwab and Chris Sturm added two hits each. While Marty Brandl and Brent Haseleu each added a single to the Springfield total. Springfield won't have much time to recover from the marathon contest as they'll travel to Gibbon to take on the Reds for a Memorial Day matinee. Come on over and enjoy the game starting at 2pm!
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E | LOB | |
| Stark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 17 |
| Springfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 10 |
Springfield Box
| AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | ||
| Baier, 3B | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Krebs, CF/LF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | SAC |
| Schwab, SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2B |
| B. Wilhelmi, P/CF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | SAC, HP |
| Berg, 1B/P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| A. Wilhelmi, PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C. Sturm, LF/CF/1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2B |
| Brandl, RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Miesen, C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Haseleu, 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | HP |
| 43 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 17 | ||
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ||
| Wilhelmi | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | |
| Berg (L, 0-1) | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
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