Condors Anything But Extinct

Belle Plaine, Minn. - The Cleveland Condors defeated the Belle Plaine Tigers 9-7 last night, as the Tigers committed an abhorrent nine errors through five innings of play. Then, the Tiger pitchers decided enough was enough, and took matters into their own hands - recording 12 of the final 13 outs by strikeout! The streak was 12 straight until Eric Lyons induced a 6-3 groundout for the final out of the ninth.

The Tigers rallied for five runs over the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings, and had Pat Schultz batting with two in the 9th and runners in scoring position. But a strikeout ended the game - fittingly, as the Tigers also whiffed 14 times themselves.

Nick Volek and Shane Hofmann led the way offensively, with 3 hits each, including 3 RBI by Volek. Hofmann started and took the undeserving loss on the hill, working just two innings as five Tiger pitchers saw action in preparation for Friday's playoff opener vs. Carver.