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Tracy 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 7 10 3 7

Springfield 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 0 10

AB R H RBI BB SO

Sather, CF 3 1 1 0 1 1

Haseleu, 2B/SS 2 0 1 0 0 1 SAC, HP

Schwab, SS/P 2 1 0 0 0 1 SAC, HP

Baier, C 4 0 1 1 0 1

Groebner, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2

Beers, LF 4 1 1 0 0 0

Brandl, RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 2B

A. Wilhelmi, 3B 1 0 0 0 1 0 SAC

Nachreiner, P/2B 2 0 0 0 1 0

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IP H R ER BB SO

Nachreiner (L, 0-1) 5 6 4 4 4 2

Schwab 2 4 3 3 1 2

5/3/09—It was a beautiful day for baseball as the Tigers opened the 2009 season with an exhibition game

against the Tracy Express at Riverside Park. Former Leavenworth Oriole pitcher, Jason Nachreiner, made his

return to amateur baseball taking the ball for the home team. Each Tiger pitcher had one rough inning that ac-

counted for all the Tracy scoring.

After Nachreiner worked his way out of a bases loaded jam in the top of the first, Ken Sather, making his

Tiger debut, started the bottom of the inning with a walk. Brent Haseleu was hit by a pitch and Brady Schwab

moved the runners to second and third with a sacrifice bunt. Matt Baier followed with a base hit to score Sather

and give Springfield a 1-0 lead.

The lead wouldn't last long as the Express worked back-to-back walks to start the second. After a fly out,

Tracy put together a double and a triple and took advantage of a wild pitch to plate four runs. Nachreiner settled

in after the tough second to face just one batter over the minimum during his final 3 1/3 innings of work.

Springfield was able to get at least one runner on base in every inning, but lost two runners who were

thrown out at the plate. The score remained 4-1 until the bottom of the sixth. Dave Groebner worked a one-out

walk. Adam Beers reached on a fielder's choice and advanced to third base on two straight wild pitches. Marty

Brandl brought Beers in to score with a double to right field, cutting the Tracy lead to two.

Schwab took the hill for Springfield in the top of the sixth. He retired five of the first six batters he

faced. The Express were then able to string together three hits including a bases loaded triple to run their tally to

seven. The Tigers took advantage of two Tracy errors in the bottom of the seventh to make the final 7-3.

Marty Brandl led the offense with two hits. Ken Sather, Brent Haseleu, Matt Baier, and Adam Beers

each added a hit to the Tiger attack. Jason Nachreiner took the loss, allowing four runs in 5 innings. Springfield

will open Tomahawk East League play next Sunday when they travel to New Ulm to take on the Brewers at

Johnson Park at 2pm.

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#6 Matt Baier

Nickname: Matty B

Bat/Throw: R/R

Birthday: 10/19

Years Playing With The Tigers: 2005 - present

Position(s): IF/OF

High School/Graduation Year: Springfield High School -

Class of 2006

College: SDSU and Rochester CTC

Family: parents: Randy & Amy, siblings: Katie and Sam

Job: Product design for Straightline Inc.

Best Part Of Playing Amateur Baseball: The atmosphere of

playing with the greatest guys you've grown up with playing the

game. Playing for your hometown.

Other baseball experience (coaching, other teams): Played two years with RCTC, Helped Coach

Legion Baseball

Most Memorable Game, At Any Level, You've Been A Part Of : '07 playoff run

Baseball Rule, At Any Level, You'd Like To See Changed: If any, possibly the intentional walk rule.

It is part of the game now where it can benefit both sides but, why in a clutch game when a pitcher is

facing a team's good hitter do they get the option to get around him. It could be that moment that

everyone dreams of, getting that clutch hit, and you get pitched around.

Favorite MLB Team: Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves

Favorite Baseball Player Of All Time: Cal Ripken Jr., George Brett, Rickey Henderson

Thoughts On The Home Run Chris Sturm Gave Up At St. Stephen: I'm going to go ahead and say

it was all pitcher generated power after speaking with Chris later in the day. I quote, "Baier, you got to

admit, I throw pretty f'ing hard!"

Parting Thoughts: "Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success, or put its

failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the

way baseball is."

P.S. Another reason why Ryan Sturm yet amazes us all...He's the only guy I know that doesn't workout

like a maniac and can get an arm the size of Hulk Hogan's!

Memories…

• Bryant Krebs portraying the ultimate hangover

against Essig

• Matt Tews showcasing his Paul Allen (the voice of

the MN Vikings) voice

• Brandon and Katie's wedding

• Finding out Andrew Moritz's hate for Kenny

Chesney

• Being told that I can beat Schwab in a foot race

• Chris Sturm's foot problem

• Ryan Sturm describing how he feels about being

put back on his parents' voicemail

• Soliciting Marty in between innings to buy life

insurance from me

#21 Jake Miesen

Another fun and eventful season, that's for sure. Some ran-

dom things that stick out in my memory:

• Jake's stellar pitching performances.

• Schwabie, while back peddling, decides to make a gracious

backwards summersault with bases loaded in Hanska.

• Davis tearing up the third base line with line drives during

the home run derby.

• Marc and the numerous plays he makes.

• Ryan Sturm making the few appearances he could with his

summer commitments and doing what he does best. He

also let you know he did well by repeating, "I Produce."

• Willie (when he wasn't playin’ Mike Scioscia) being the

gamer he is and simply, “Going right after ‘em,” as Miesen

would say.

• We had the veterans play with us when they could which

always keeps the games being played right.

• We also had some young guys step up and get some good

experience for the years to come!

• And of course, all of Chris Sturm's comments!

I can't wait for the next season to start and I hope all that can

make it again do! See ya at the ballpark!

#6 Matt Baier

Memories:

Brandon and Katie's wedding. More importantly, Davis

not scheduling a game for the next afternoon; clutch.

Bobby boy taking one deep at Gibbon.

Camping was a great idea. Who knew it was going to be

35 degrees and raining? Also known as freezing at Sartell.

The disappointment in everyone's eyes, especially Mi-

esen's, when we learned that St. Stephen was not roasting

an entire pig.

Hitting a walk off against Stark in the playoffs.

#22 Matt Tews

• Schwabie looking like Greg Maddox on the hill against

Tracy.

• Fink’s homer in Gibbon

• Resuming a game in St. Stephen on a cold, wet, Sunday

morning at 10am.

• Willie showing up after coaching a VFW game and

single-handedly taking over the game.

• The 12 inning battle in Lamberton

• Beating St. James on back-to-back days

• Rain in the playoffs, especially the team effort to get

the field in shape after the rain and hail in Springfield

during Game 2.

• All the fun in the dugout!

• Playing with a great group of guys—priceless.

#11 Marty Brandl

It's worth driving 3 hours after a work shift ending at

12:30am on Sunday mornings to play one, maybe two games

with a team that is a blast to compete with.

As with every summer I spend hours laughing at the stories

and jokes told, some at each other's expense, before, during,

and after each game.

Miesen's choice of clothing during pregame bp - white shoes

(with or without socks), white pants (that are unlikely to reach

the tops of his shoes leaving a portion of his white legs ex-

posed), white shirt, and the team hat.

#3 Andy Moritz

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