Hawks Hand Tigers Second One-run Loss
| 5/23/06 | 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
| Hamburg | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
| Belle Plaine | 0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
3 |
Belle Plaine, Minn. - The Tigers lost their second game in a row by one run as Hamburg pickled Team TigerTown 4-3 at Tiger Park. Hamburg improves to 4-1 after winning their fourth straight while the Tigers fall to 3-3. Mike Schultz (0-1) went five innings for the Tigers giving up four runs on six hits. Jonny Schulz went three innings with no hits and three Ks while Ryan Witt pitched a hitless ninth.
After falling behind 4-2 in the top of the sixth the Tigers rallied for a run in the bottom of the sixth to make it a one run game. The Tigers best chance to tie the game came in the bottom of the seventh, when with two outs Nick Volek singled to left, only to have Ben Jass thrown out at the plate trying to score from second. Volek, the only Tiger with multiple hits, finished the game 2-for-4. Bradley Lawson and Eric Lyons picked up their first career hits as Tigers in the loss. Of the 27 outs for the Tigers, 13 were way of strikeout. The Tigers three errors in tonight's game brings their season total to 26 on the season.
| Belle Plaine TIGERS (3-3, 1-2) | ||||||
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
Avg. |
|
| Volek, cf | 4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
.227 |
| Kreft, 1b | 4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.133 |
| P. Schultz, rf | 4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.261 |
| Hartmann, c | 4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.400 |
| J. Schulz, dh-p | 3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.368 |
| Mi. Schultz, p | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| R. Witt, p | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.059 |
| Feldt, lf | 4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.294 |
| Ma. Schultz, pr | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Jass, 2b | 4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.214 |
| Lawson, ss | 3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
| Lyons, 3b | 2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
.250 |
| TOTALS | 33 |
3 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
.242 |
| 2B – P. Schultz. 3B – none. HR – none. | ||||||
| HBP – none. SB – none. | ||||||
| Pitcher | IP |
H |
R/ER |
BB/K |
NP |
ERA |
| Mi. Schultz (L, 0-1) | 5 |
6 |
4/4 |
2/2 |
71 |
3.75 |
| J. Schulz | 3 |
0 |
0/0 |
2/3 |
45 |
0.00 |
| R. Witt | 1 |
0 |
0/0 |
1/0 |
24 |
6.75 |
Herald Article
The Tigers lost their second game in a row by one run, as they were tripped by the Hawks, 4-3 at Tiger Park. Hamburg improved to 4-1 with the victory.
Mike Schultz went five innings for the Tigers, giving up four runs on six hits. What kept the Tigers in the game was stellar relief work from Jonny Schulz and Ryan Witt, who combined to go four scoreless – and hitless – innings. For Schulz, he has now gone six innings this year, giving up no runs and only one hit. Go, Jonny, go.
After falling behind 4-2 in the top of the sixth, the Chatfield Choo-Choo rallied for a run in the bottom of the sixth, making it a one-run game. Belle Plaine’s best chance to tie the game came in the 7 th, when with two outs Nick Volek singled to left, only to have Ben Jass thrown out at the plate as he was waved in from second.
Volek, the only Tiger with multiple hits, finished 2-for-4. Rookies Bradley Lawson and Eric Lyons picked up their first career town team hits – look for this nugget to someday appear in the “30 Years Ago This Week” column.
The Tigers struck out 13 times, yet no-one took home The Sombrero, much to Ryan Witt’s chagrin. The home team’s three errors brought their season total to 26.
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