Faribault Lakers Baseball: Four run fifth inning sinks Lakers in 5-3 loss to Shakopee.

 On a cool Friday night in Shakopee at Joe Schleper Stadium, the Faribault Lakers fell to the Shakopee Coyotes by a 5-3 score.

It looked good early on for the Lakers. a couple of Coyote miscues and a Jordan Nawrocki single got the Lakers on the board in the second inning. The Lakers added another in the third as two walks and a sacrifice set the stage for a Joe Grote sacrifice fly, driving in a returning Nick Rost. 

In the Coyotes fourth, a throwing error with two outs allowed scored a run setting up the stage for the fifth inning outburst versus Lakers reliever Mason Miller. RBI singles by Ben Fredenburg and Jeff Hohenstein were followed later by the crushing blow, a two run Aidan Rau double to right field corner to make it a 5-2 game.

The Lakers and in particular Jack Jandro manufactured a run in the sixth. Jandro was hit by a pitch, stole second, reached third on a wild pitch and scored on a pass ball.

In the eighth, it looked like the Lakers had another run but pinch hitter Tyler Francis was called out at first base on what looked like to the naked eye, a pulled foot by the first baseman. A run would've scored if Francis was declared safe. The Lakers could not muster up a rally in the ninth and will return home on Sunday still looking for their first DRS victory of the 2025 season.


Jamie's Deliverymen of the Game.

1. Aiden Rau- Shakopee. Rau had two doubles on the night. The first led to the first run of the game in the fourth and the second an inning later proved to be the difference in the game.

2. Chris Isensee- Shakopee. Isensee kept the Coyotes in striking range to rally by allowing only two runs on four hits in five innings of work, earning the win.

3. Jordan Nawrocki- Faribault. Nawrocki had a pair of singles, walked and drove in a run for the Lakers.

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