Ninth Inning Rally Stifled

Tigers Leave Two On in Ninth

6/27/06	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Le Sueur	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	8	14	4
Belle Plaine	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	6	10	3

Belle Plaine, Minn. - The Tigers had runners at 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth, but Braves' closer Adam Sorenson struck out Dave Kreft to end the ballgame as Le Sueur took away the 8-6 road win.

Kreft took the loss on the mound, falling to 1-4 on the season. He allowed six runs in 4.1 innings. Shane Hofmann relieved and went the rest of the way, allowing two runs while fanning seven.

Pat Schultz led the way offensively for Belle Plaine, going 2-for-5 with a double and a triple, and 2 RBI. Shane Hofmann went 2-for-4 with a double and 2 RBI, while Nate Hartmann went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI. Kreft also picked up a pair of hits for the Tigers.

Belle Plaine will host Plato Thursday night at 7:30 pm, before taking a week off to begin the stretch run to the playoffs.

Belle Plaine TIGERS (7-13, 4-8)
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	Avg.
S. Hofmann, cf-p	4	1	2	2	1	.306
Lawson, ss	5	2	1	0	0	.226
P. Schultz, c	5	1	2	2	0	.342
Hartmann, 3b	4	0	2	2	1	.391
Lyons, pr	0	0	0	0	0	.286
R. Witt, 1b-rf	4	0	0	0	1	.233
Kreft, p-1b	4	0	2	0	0	.146
Feldt, rf-lf	4	1	0	0	0	.175
Jass, 2b	3	1	1	0	1	.211
Schuneman, lf-cf	4	0	0	0	0	.156
TOTALS	37	6	10	6	4	.270
2B –S. Hofmann, P. Schultz. 3B – P. Schultz. HR – none.
SAC – none. HBP – Kreft. SB – none.

Pitcher	IP	H	R/ER	BB/K	NP	ERA
Kreft (L, 1-4)	4.1	10	6/6	0/4	75	6.11
S. Hofmann	4.2	4	2/2	3/7	66	2.89

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