3H, Hr, 2R, 3RBI in doubleheader
John Stibal
2H, 3RBI in game two
Red Wing rapped 31 hits in a 9-2, 12-9 sweep of the Tigers Friday, May 20, at City Field in Red Wing. The second game went nine innings.
"Our pitchers did a good job of throwing strikes all day," Tiger coach Mike Winters. "That's all you can ask. Red Wing really hit the ball well.
"Errors in the late innings killed us in the second game. They (Red Wing) are too good of a team to give extra outs."
The Tigers led 2-1 after three-and-a-half innings in the opener before the Wingers took the lead for good with a three-run fourth inning off Tiger starter Zach Wallace.
Ty Vincent accounted for the first Tiger run with a solo home run in the second and chased home the second on a sacrifice fly in the fourth.
Nathan Graham had two of the six Farmington hits and scored the second run for the Tigers.
Red Wing led 8-3 after four innings of game two but the visitors scored six times over the final five frames to make things interesting.
John Stibal and Jake Baskerville each rapped two-run doubles and Vincent smacked a run-scoring triple to spark the comeback.
Spencer Merle took the pitching loss for the Tigers, pitching two innings of scoreless relief before giving up three unearned runs in the top of the ninth.
Merle, Vincent and Stibal each had a pair of hits in the losing effort with Stibal knocking in three runs and Vincent and Baskerville each scoring twice.
The losses dropped the Tigers to 4-14 for the season and left them with a final 3-11 record in the Missota Conference.
The locals entertain Lakeville South Monday and then travel to Hastings Tuesday to close out their regular season. Section 1AAA post-season play begins Saturday at a site to be determined by seeding.
