Brewed the Brewers

Another pitcher’s duel last night in Glencoe. The story for most of the game was too many runners left on base and a lack of clutch hitting by both teams.

Let’s jump right to the bottom of the 7^th inning. Glencoe’s leadoff batter reached on an error and advanced to 2^nd on the play. He moved up to 3^rd on a passed ball and would come across to score on an RBI single.

The Hollanders couldn’t get a timely hit all night. They were down to their last life in the 9^th inning. With one out, Andrew Eggers came of the bench to pinch hit. He fell behind in the count but didn’t quit fighting. He hit a blooper into short right field that bounced off the 2^nd basemen’s glove. The youngster raced hard out of the box and slid safely into second. Graham Burke grounded into a fielder’s choice to move Eggers up to 2^nd. With 2 outs, Tanner Luebke hit a slow roller to the 2^nd basemen and used his speed to beat out an infield single and bring across the tying run.

All was quiet until the 11^th. With one out, Eggers singled down the left field line. New signee, Koty Hensel, made his Hollander debut by pinch hitting in the inning. He barreled a sharply hit grounder between 1^st and 2^nd but the 2^nd basemen made an outstanding play to retire him at first. Eggers moved up to 2^nd on the play. Luekbe followed him up by reaching on an error which now put runners on 1^st and 3^rd with 2 outs. Luebke ended up stealing 2^nd to put two runners in scoring position. Casey Clemensen came up clutch with a 2 RBI single to give the good guys a 3-1 lead.

Zack Nelson shut the door in the bottom half of the inning to secure the win for Cologne. Zippy pitched a lights out 4-1/3 innings of relief. Casey Clemensen started on the hill and continued his impressive season by going 6-1/3 innings. He also added 4 hits and 2 RBI on the night.

“What's up brother” player of the game: Casey Clemensen

Honorable mention: Andrew Eggers