Dane Secott	Brannon Weigel	Tim Piechowski
... ... another brilliant performance. ... 12 Ks!	... drove an 0-2 pitch over the head of the Hawks centerfielder for a triple.	...drive homerun over the right field wall.
Brandon Olson	Chris Baso
... ... a valid triple over down the right field line.	... 2 hits and 4 RBIs.

The local nine took on the Hawks from Hastings on Saturday in their second game in the 2010 State Tournament. The game figured to be a pitcher’s dual again as Shakopee sent Dane Secott to the hill to face Hastings ace Mark Moriarty. Secott and Moriarty were both 1-0 winners in their respective games last weekend. Through the first three innings the two starters were on top of their game: Both hitters faced just 9 batters, Moriarty hadn’t allowed a hit and struck out 6 while Secott allowed one hit and struck out 5. The one hit Secott gave up was to the Hastings ninth batter in the order who got greedy trying to extend a double to a triple and was thrown out at third to end the inning.

Brandon Olson led off the Shakopee 4th with a valid triple over down the right field line. He later scored on Aaron Olson’s sac fly to center getting Shakopee on the board first.

In the 5th the Indians struck again in rather unlikely fashion. With one out, Brannon Weigel drove an 0-2 pitch over the head of the Hawks centerfielder for a triple. Tim Piechowski followed Weigel with a line drive homerun over the right field wall to bring in Weigel and give the Indians a little breathing room with a 3-0 lead.
Joey Heller led off the 6th inning with a walk and later moved to 2nd and 3rd on two wild pitches. Chris Baso later knocked a hit through the infield scoring Heller giving Secott and the Indians a 4-0 lead after six innings.

Secott continued to dominate the Hastings batters. In the 6th, he struck out the side bringing his whiff total to 11. In the 7th, Hastings would finally get to Secott scoring 2 runs on 3 hits. This would spell the end of the night for Dane after another brilliant performance.

Indians manager called on draftee Trent Bohnsack to close the door. In the 8th, Bohnsack couldn’t be touched. In the 9th, Hastings loaded the bases on a walk and two singles with just one out. On a full count pitch Bohsack couldn’t get the strike three call on a boarderline pitch which made the score 4-3 and the bases still loaded. The next hitter skied one behind second base. Brandon Olson went to the spot where the ball might fall if there were no wind and turned to the infield to make the catch. However, the gale force winds drifted the ball nearly 10 feet from where he stood. With Olson, facing the infield the base umpire called “infield fly” for the second out of the inning. Even though Olson appeared camped under the ball, the ball fell to the ground and all three Hastings runners started running. Olson flipped the ball the Aaron Olson covering 2nd base and tagged the runner out running/walking from first for the third out of the inning. The runner from third scored before the third out and the game was tied at 4-4.

In the top of the 10th, Shakopee hitters got things going against Erik Olson, a draftee from Miesville. Heller led off the inning reaching base on an error before Aaron Olson knocked the daylights out of a ball driving it straight into the teeth of the wind. What would’ve been a homerun any other day, didn’t even make it to the warning track. The left fielder however didn’t play the ball right and it dropped for a double. An intentional walk to Troy Wasiloski to load the bases, Baso delivered the big blow of the night. Baso lined a pitch to the gap in right center field and all three runners scored giving the Indians the lead right back at 7-4. One more run would score in the 10th on a wild pitch to make it 8-4.

In the bottom of the 10th, Scott Hollingsworth relieved Bohnsack and delivered a 1-2-3 inning and the Indians are moving on!

An exciting game that included everything from a pitchers dual in the beginning to crazy plays in the end. In the State Tournament, you take wins any way they come!