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Springfield Rally Comes Up Short in Sleepy Eye

7/1/12

Temperatures stood in the 90s as the Tigers traveled to Sleepy Eye to take on the Indians in the first game of two scheduled for Sunday. Sleepy Eye built a 4-1 lead and led 5-2 going into the ninth. Baserunning cost the Tigers, snuffing out a couple of their best scoring opportunities. Still, Springfield rallied for two in the final frame, but the Indians put out the fire, holding on to a 5-4 win.

Sleepy Eye sent Andrew Woitas to the mound and he started the game by retiring the first ten Tiger batters. Woitas' mound opponent was Mike Salazar. Joey Walter started the bottom of the first with a base hit. He came around to score on an RBI base hit from Woitas to put Sleepy Eye up 1-0.

Jake Bohnen ripped a double to begin the home half of the third. Sleepy Eye followed with three straight singles, pushing across two runs to increase their lead to three.

In their next half-inning, Springfield put together three straight base hits of their own from Matt Vogel, Alex Fink, and Ryan Sturm. Sturm's single scored Vogel to get Springfield within two, 3-1.

It didn't take long for Sleepy Eye to get that run right back, as Walter smashed a homer to right field, when he led off the bottom of the fourth. Mike Salazar battled through the fifth and then turned over the pitching duties to Max Salazar.

Fink started the seventh with a single and came around to score Springfield's second run with the help of a Sleepy Eye error. Max Salazar continued what his brother had done by working around a number of base runners. He was also helped out by his defense with a pick-off, double-play and caught stealing during his three innings of work.

The Indians got what turned out to be a big insurance run in the bottom of the eighth. They started with a pair of bunt base hits from the top of their order. Salazar coaxed a big double-play. However, before the Tigers could record the third out of the inning, Andrew Woitas came through again recording his third hit and third RBI of the game with a two-bagger, making the score 5-2.

Vogel and Fink kicked off the ninth with back-to-back doubles. With that, Sleepy Eye went to the bullpen to bring on Matt Helget. Matt Tews hit a single to give Springfield runners at the corners. Christian Loomis launched a sacrifice fly to push across Springfield's fourth run, but that would be all, with the final 5-4.

Alex Fink led Springfield with three hits. Matt Vogel added two knocks. Ryan Sturm, Matt Tews, Marc Salazar, and Adam Schmid all added one hit each. For Sleepy Eye Joey Walter, Alan Woitas, and Andrew Woitas had three hits each, accounting for nine of their fifteen hits. Andrew Woitas earned the win, working eight innings, giving up four runs, three earned, on eight hits with four strikeouts. Mike Salazar took the loss, going five innings, allowing four earned runs on nine hits, with four strikeouts, but also four walks and two hit batters. Matt Helget notched a save, getting the final three outs, while giving up one hit.

The loss moves the Tigers to 7-7 and 7-11 overall on the season. After the game at Sleepy Eye, it was on the road again for Springfield as they headed south to St. James to make-up an earlier rain-out against the A's.


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Springfield Box

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Bisel, C400000 
Vogel, LF4220002B
A. Fink, SS4231002B
R. Sturm, 3B401100 
   Miesen, 3B------ 
Tews, DH401001 
Mi. Salazar, P------ 
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Loomis, 2B300101SAC
M. Salazar, 1B401000 
Beyer, CF200001 
   Schmid, PH101000 
Menage, RF300001 
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Mi. Salazar (L, 1-3)5 94444 
Mx. Salazar3 61112

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