| 5/11/05 | 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
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| Elko Express | 0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
13 |
10 |
2 |
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| Belle Plaine | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
3 |
May 11, 2005
Belle Plaine, Minn - The Elko Express scored ten runs over the final two innings as they won 13-6 and robbed interim manager Brett Kruschke of his 101st win. Kruschke did not help his cause as he looked more like a rookie than a 14 year veteran in left field as he miss-played a couple of balls due to “Night Blindness”. To quote Kru: “It was a circus out there tonight and I was the Ringmaster.” Adding to the pain was a plethora of walks and errors that led to the late Elko rally. Anytime you walk nine and hit five batsmen you are in for trouble.
The Tigers did have their chances late. With the bases load and two outs in the bottom of the eighth the Mighty Casey (AKA Pat Schultz) struck out, ending a Tiger rally. Schultz did finish the game 2 for 5. Dan “DW” Weldon led the offensive attack again as he went 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles.
Mike Schultz (pictured) was a monster on the mound for the first six innings as he struck out a decades worth of Elkoians. Dave Feldt came in for two innings and took his first loss of the season as he gave up five runs, definitely not all earned. Jackson Thiesfeldt was called upon in the ninth and also gave up five, but once again, not all earned.
As for the un-coveted sombrero; it has been passed around more than a…. (fill in your own dirty comment here). After Dave Kreft took it in game two, and Ryan Witt gained it in game three, Jason Thiesfeldt said 'let’s get this out of the way early' and gained the Mexican Headdress with three Ks on the night.
The Tigers will have two days to regroup before they are back in action on Friday night against Northfield at 7:30 p.m. at Tiger Park. When manager Hofmann was asked if he was worried about playing on Friday the 13th he responded: “I don’t believe in superstition…I think its bad luck.”
| Belle Plaine TIGERS (1-4, 0-3) | ||||||
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
Avg. |
|
| Huber, 2b | 4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.238 |
| Volek, rf | 3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.000 |
| P. Schultz, c | 5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.313 |
| Dhaene, ss | 4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.177 |
| Weldon, cf | 4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
.364 |
| Thiesfeldt, 3b | 5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.158 |
| Hartmann, dh | 4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.250 |
| Christen, pr | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| M. Schultz, p-3b | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Feldt, p | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Zellmann, 1b | 3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
| Connolly, lf | 3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.000 |
| Kruschke, lf | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| TOTALS | 36 |
6 |
8 |
4 |
5 |
.222 |
| 2B – Huber, Weldon (2). 3B – none. HR –none. | ||||||
| HBP – Huber, Dhaene. SB –Huber, Dhaene. | ||||||
| Pitcher | IP |
H |
R/ER |
BB/K |
NP |
ERA |
| M. Schultz | 6 |
5 |
3/2 |
4/10 |
100 |
3.00 |
| Feldt (L, 0-1) | 2 |
2 |
3/2 |
3/2 |
48 |
3.60 |
| Thiesfeldt | 1 |
2 |
5/2 |
2/1 |
32 |
3.00 |
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