Shakopee Spoiler
Indians Spoil Home Opener With 5-2 Win (By Nick Kornder)

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Belle Plaine, Minn. - The Shakopee Indians spoiled the TigerTown home opener with a 5-2 win. Even the cheers of the thousands, nay tens of thousands in attendance on dollar beer night could not right the sails of team El Tigre's bats. Jackson Thiesfeldt's two run double in the bottom of the ninth finally ended a 17 inning scoreless streak by the host squad. Pat Schultz (pictured) chimed in the background of a phone call at the team meeting to remind everyone that he went 2 for 4 in the game as he provided 1/3 of the team's offense.

Shane Hofmann (0-2) took the mound in his home depute as skipper, but ended up taking his second loss in as many games. More information will be available Saturday evening.

Herald Article (By Brett Kruschke)

“Dollar Beer Night” and the intrigue of the new-look Tigers – not to mention a delightful evening weather-wise – led to a nice crowd for Friday’s home opener. Shane Hofmann had a rare prom night off, so drew the nod against spright lefty Collin O’Brien and the always formidable Shakopee Indians.

Those arriving late from Andy’s Bar & Grill missed some first-inning excitement. Lance Siedow laced a double to left, sending Jeff Jonckowski plateward, but the 7-6-2 relay (Dan Huber to Mike Dhaene to Pat Schultz) left The Earflap-less One out in a cloud of dust. Siedow was stranded at second after a Rich Rhinesmith groundout, ending the inning.

In the home half, Huber reached on an error, and Dave Kreft walked. #3-hitter MikeDhaene fisted a little blooper that landed in front of second base, but the infield fly rule was not only shockingly called, but called shockingly late. Batter Dhaene was automatically out, while poor runner “Krazy Wheels”Kreft was hung out to dry and soon tagged out. Huber advanced to third at his own risk, but was mistakenly called out on what was a temporary triple play. After much consternation and even a plea of confusion from the press box, Huber returned to third, where he promptly died on the vine when Pat Schultz bounced out to second.

Needless to say, this was not a good omen for Team Tigertown. After getting shut out at Waconia last Sunday, the Tigers ran their consecutive scoreless streak to 17 innings before Jackson Thiesfeldt’s 2-out, 2-run double in the ninth. But that’s how it would end – 5-2, Indians.

In between, it was a 1-0 game until the 8 th, with Belle Plaine’s bats offering little resistance, and Hofmann working around doubles in each of the first four innings. Hofmann tired in the eighth, and left after the inning began with a double and a single, making it 2-0. Dan Huber, perhaps still suffering from the heat of the wig he wore during batting practice, didn’t offer much relief as three more runs scored before the eighth was out.

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