Tigers Finish Sixth in Tournament

6/7/09

After wrapping up their big extra inning win over St. Martin in St. Stephen, the Tigers headed down the road to take on the Lastrup Lakers in Sartell. The winner would be the fifth place finisher in the 2009 Omann Insurance Invitational. Springfield has made a habit of battling back in games, but in this one the tables would be turned as the Lakers would battle back for a walk-off win in the bottom of the seventh.

Jake Miesen made the start for the Tigers on the mound. He was touched for two runs in the bottom of the second when Lastrup took advantage of two walks along with two singles to pull out to a 2-0 lead. Springfield broke the egg on their side of the scoreboard in the top of the fourth when Ryan Sturm reached on an error. Chris Sturm crushed a double to get the Tigers within one run.

Lastrup got two doubles in the bottom of the fourth to stretch their lead back to two at 3-1. Springfield had another big two-out rally in the top of the fifth. After two were retired, Brandon Wilhelmi hit a two bagger. Matt Baier drove him in with a single. Ryan Sturm got the second double of the inning, driving in Baier to tie the game at three.

Springfield took the lead in the sixth as Marc Salazar worked a one-out walk. Brent Weber followed with a double. With runners on second and third, Marty Brandl lifted a sacrifice fly to right field, driving in Salazar and putting the Tigers up, 4-3.

Miesen battled through the bottom of the sixth, leaving the bases loaded. After retiring the first batter in the bottom of the seventh, he surrendered two singles and a walk to load the bases. Then the Lakers came through with a two-run single to right to win the game, 5-4.

Jake Miesen was the losing pitcher, dropping his record to 1-2 on the year. Offensively, Brandon Wilhelmi and Ryan Sturm paced the Tigers with two hits each. Matt Baier, Chris Sturm, and Brent Weber rounded out the Springfield total with one hit each. The Tigers will rest up after the chilly, busy weekend and return to Tomahawk East League action on Friday night when they travel to Redwood Falls to take on the Redbirds in an 8:30pm game. We'll see you there!


Linescore

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E LOB
Springfield 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 7 2 5
Lastrup 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 5 10 2 10

Springfield Box

AB R H RBI BB SO
Wilhelmi, C 4 1 2 0 0 1 2B
Baier, SS 2 1 1 1 1 1 SAC
R. Sturm, 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 2B
C. Sturm, CF 3 0 1 1 0 0 2B
Salazar, 1B 1 1 0 0 1 1 HP
Weber, RF 2 0 1 0 0 1 2B, SAC
Brandl, DH 2 0 0 1 0 1 SAC
Nachreiner, 2B - - - - - -
Miesen, P 3 0 0 0 0 2
Tews, LF 3 0 0 0 0 0
24 4 7 4 2 7
IP H R ER BB SO
Miesen (L, 1-2) 6 1/3 10 5 5 4 3

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