Express Season Ends In Heart Breaking Loss To Wilmont

 
(Wilmont) –  The Tracy Express suffered a heartbreaking loss on Friday night in the second round of the Gopher League playoffs, falling 10-9 to Wilmont in the bottom of the 9th inning, to end the Express season.

The Express got the offense going early on, as they piled on four runs in the top of the first inning.  After Troy Kepler led the game off with a base hit, Eric Hendrickx reached on a fielder’s choice, then Robbie Slinkman, Bryan Francis, Andy Lanoue, and Dane Jensen then followed with four consecutive Express hits, and Tracy was up 4-0, quickly in the first inning.

After Wilmont cut the score to 4-2, the Express erupted again in the fourth,  Brady Webb led the inning off with an infield hit, then two outs later, Hendrickx walked, and Slinkman followed with a three run home run, pushing the Express lead to five at 7-2.

Normally, that would have been enough for Hendrickx who started on the mound for the Express, but six Express defensive errors, hurt the effort, and Hendrickx was knocked from the game in the fourth inning, and the Express found themselves down 9-7.  Luke Walling stepped in though and kept Wilmont off the scoreboard the next four innings, and that gave the Express bats a chance though to battle back.

In the seventh, Slinkman reached on an error to start the inning, and Bryan Francis was hit by a pitch.  Dane Jensen and Aaron Walling then came up big, each driving singles to the outfield, and the game was tied at 9.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 July 2010 08:33
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Luverne Wins First Round Playoff Battle over Tracy

(Luverne) – The Gopher League playoffs opened Wednesday night down in Luverne and the Tracy Express lost in the first round against the top seeded Luverne Redbirds 3-0.


Luverne got out to an early 1-0, lead in the game in the first inning, after Tony Sanbulte singled and stole second base, he then moved to third on the throw which hopped into center field.  Phil Paquette then drove him in with a sacrifice fly to right, to give the Redbirds the early lead.

That was all Luverne starter Andrew DeBoer would need, as he struck out 11, in a complete game shutout victory.  Calvin Kosminskas started for Tracy, and he threw well, but gave up two runs in six innings while striking out six.  Kosminskas was tagged with the loss.  Both Luke Walling and Tylan Gylling threw an inning of relief for the Express in the game.

Tracy had early chances as well, in the top of the first inning Troy Kepler had a one out single, he moved to second on a passed ball and third on a wild pitch.  Eric Hendrickx hit a fly ball to right, but Kepler was thrown out at the plate on a great throw from Luverne right fielder Taylor VanSanten, ending the Express threat.


Down 2-0 in the third, Dane Jensen singled with one out.  He was out at second when Kepler reached on a fielders’ choice, and after catcher Robbie Slinkman walked, Hendrickx drove a single to right field, this time, but Kepler was held up at third, and Luverne cut the ball off, and got Casey Polzine, who was running for Slinkman, attempting to get back to second base, again ending the Express threat.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 July 2010 08:32
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Express Lose Another 1-Run Game!

The Tracy Express lost their fifth one run game of the season, as they fell to Pipestone in the second game of a double header on Sunday afternoon, 3-2.

The Express fell despite another solid outing from Eric Hendrickx, who gave up just five hits and three runs over seven innings of work on Sunday afternoon.

Pipestone used a leadoff triple from Greg Quist to score their first run in the second inning, and a lead off double in the seventh from Jordan Karrels to start a two run rally in the seventh inning. 

The theme of the day for the Express was missed opportunities, as Tracy stranded had a chance in the first inning to set the tone for the day, and they did, Robbie Slinkman walked to lead off the game, and Andrew Suby followed with a single, and both advanced on a wild pitch to put runners at second and third with nobody out.  And that’s right where they stayed as the Express were unable to score either.

In fact, Tracy stranded seven runners in scoring position in the game, and watched as multiple opportunities for big innings slipped through their finghers.

Tracy did score to tie the game at 1, in the fourth, Andy Lanoue led off and was hit by a pitch, and Brady Webb singled to put runners on first and second with nobody out.  Aaron Walling bunted both over, and Lanoue scored on a wild pitch, but Webb was left on third base.

The fifth and sixth innings saw the Express leave more runners in scoring position.  In the 5th, Dane Jensen was hit by a pitch with one out.  After a fly out, Andy Lanoue singled, moving Jensen to third, but  the inning ended on a fielders choice leaving Jensen standing at third.  In the sixth, Casey Polzine bunted for a base hit, and he moved to second when Troy Kepler grounded out.  The inning ended on a deep fly ball from Slinkman, and the Express rally again ended.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 July 2010 08:35
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Hadley Pulls Away Late To Beat Express

(Tracy) – In the only evening home game of the season for the Tracy Express, the Hadley Buttermakers put together a big eighth and ninth innings to put the game out of reach, and beat the Express 10-3 in a Gopher League game Wednesday evening in Tracy.

Calvin Kosminskas started on the mound for Tracy and took the loss, in eight innings of work.  Kosminskas gave up 10-hits, seven runs, six were earned in the game, while striking out and walking four.  Andy Lanoue pitched the ninth for Tracy.

The game was a lot closer than the final score indicated, but the Buttermakers prevailed as Hadley opened up the scoring in the bottom of the second inning.  With runners on 2nd and 3rd, Alex Peterson doubled down the first base just beyond the glove of Express first baseman Aaron Ziemer.  It drove in both.  Petersen then came around to score on a single from Taylor Rignell.

After a scoreless third, the Express battled back off of Hadley starter Pat O’Brien.  Brady Webb beat out an infield grounder for the first Express hit.  Dane Jensen then followed with a two out single to left, in which courtesy runner Eric Lanoue was able to take third base.  He came around to score on a passed ball, to get the Express on the scoreboard.

Hadley answered back with a run in both the fourth and fifth, to push their lead to 5-1.  Tracy though would get to O’Brien again in the sixth, as Andrew Suby led off the inning with a single, Robbie Slinkman then followed with a walk and Kosminskas singled to center, loading the bases.  Andy Lanoue and Ziemer then each drove in a run with a ground ball, and the Express cut the Hadley lead to 5-3 before the end of the inning.
 
Last Updated on Monday, 26 July 2010 08:55
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Adrian Rolls Out and Beats Express

Despite arriving late to Tracy, the Adrian Athletics rolled out of the car with their hitting shoes on and pounded out 13 hits to beat the Tracy Express 9-4 in a Gopher League game on Sunday afternoon in Tracy.

The game was at the front end of a double header for the Express on Sunday afternoon at the Tracy High School Baseball Field.

Adrian scored three two out runs in the first inning taking advantage of a couple of walks, and three timely hits to take the early lead.  And the second was similar to the first, after getting a quick out, Adrian got a one out single, then loaded the bases with two walks, and then took advantage on a big two run single from Jeff Gacke to push the lead to 5-0.

Luke Walling started for the Express, he was tagged with the loss in the game, while Casey Polzine and Tylan Gylling threw the final three innings of relief.

Down 7-0 in the fifth, Tracy would battle back, Dane Jensen led off the inning swith a double, and after Jason Minett and Troy Kepler walked, Brady Webb and Jason MacKinnon followed with back-to-back singles to score four runs, and cut the deficit to three.  The bad news for the Express was that MacKinnon had hit the ball to the right field wall, but had to retreat to first with a left knee injury, he did not return on Sunday, and his status is uncertain.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 July 2010 08:30
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