Sixth Circle of Hell

Tigers Turn 8-6 Lead into Debacle

6/20/06	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Belle Plaine	2	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	9	12	2
Shakopee	3	0	0	0	3	8	2	0	X	16	14	4

SHAKOPEE, Minn. - The Tigers led 8-6 heading into the bottom of the sixth, then set the game back 50 years by not being able to throw a strike. The Tigers threw 193 pitches on the night, with SEVENTY-ONE(!) of those coming in the merciless sixth inning, as Shakopee put up the dreaded snow-man (eight runs). The Indians did their sixth inning damage on only two hits - both singles - but drew a coma-inducing eight walks. For the game, the Indians drew 16 walks off Tiger "pitching". If you remember the old Brad Radke commercials, there was a literal conga line of Shakopee baserunners going around the bases. It was that stinking ugly.

Mike Schultz started and went five, and was relieved by Ben Jass, Dave Kreft, and Jonny Schulz, all of whom pitched in the dreaded sixth inning. Jass was saddled with the loss, falling to 1-1 on the year.

Offensively, the T-Train wasted 12 hits, led by Nate Hartmann's 4-for-5 effort. Peter Schuneman also chipped in two safeties from the nine-hole.

The Tigers will try to right the ship tonight against Carver, when the Black Sox visit Tiger Park for a 7:30 pm Carver Central battle. You don't wanna miss it! Shane Hofmann is expected to get the ball for the local nine.

Belle Plaine TIGERS (7-10, 4-5)
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	Avg.
Volek, cf	3	1	1	0	1	.163
N. Selly, ph	1	0	0	0	0	.364
Lawson, ss	4	1	0	0	1	.227
Feldt, ph	1	0	0	0	0	.212
P. Schultz, c	5	2	2	1	0	.323
Kruschke, ph	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Hartmann, 3b-1b	5	2	4	2	0	.411
S. Hofmann, dh-rf	4	0	1	1	0	.290
Mi. Schultz, p	0	0	0	0	0	.000
R. Witt, rf-1b	4	0	1	1	0	.235
R. Dressen, ph-3b	1	0	1	0	0	.167
Kreft, 1b-p	2	1	0	1	1	.108
Lyons, 2b	0	0	0	0	0	.286
J. Schulz, p	1	0	0	0	0	.267
Jass, 2b-p-2b	3	1	0	0	1	.226
Connolly, ph	1	0	0	0	0	.111
Schuneman, lf	4	1	2	0	0	.194
Schuster, ph	1	0	0	0	0	.286
TOTALS	41	9	12	6	4	.293
2B – Hartmann. 3B – none. HR – none.
SAC – Volek. HBP – S. Hofmann, Kreft. SB – Kreft.

Pitcher	IP	H	R/ER	BB/K	NP	ERA
Mi. Schultz	5	7	6/5	6/0	98	2.73
Jass (L, 1-1)	0	3	5/5	2/0	21	11.00
Kreft	0.1	0	3/3	4/0	39	4.94
J. Schulz	2.2	4	2/2	3/2	35	4.05

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